Sentences with phrase «government coalition talks»

This target has remained unchanged in the government coalition talks.

Not exact matches

Italy appeared to be taking a step closer to forming a coalition government on Wednesday, with the country's president seeking to push coalition talks between the biggest political parties.

Chancellor Angel Merkel could lead a minority government if current coalition talks with the German Socialist party collapse, according to the country's deputy finance minister.

A member of the German liberal party blamed the country's Socialist Party for the recent collapse in coalition talks to form a new government.

LONDON — Talks about forming a coalition government in Germany collapsed on Sunday, causing political instability in the most powerful country in the European Union.

Rome - Italy is facing a third month of political paralysis after talks between the centre - left and the Five Star Movement over a coalition government failed to get off the ground Thursday.

Martin Schulz, the leader of the Social Democrat Party (SPD)-- which was part of Chancellor Merkel's coalition in the previous government — had previously ruled out another partnership, but at the start of December decided to enter talks.

The Daily Mail says a spokesperson from The National Council of Resistance of Iran, a political coalition which opposes the government, said: «The silence of the world community, especially of western countries, vis - à - vis these medieval punishments under the excuse of having nuclear talks with Iran has intensified the brutal and systematic violation of human rights in Iran.

Plaid leader Ieuan Wyn Jones then attempted to lead a coalition government, entering into talks with the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives.

«When this bill is finally talked out on some dark rainy night... we have to go back to the government and say to our partners in coalition «give us a government bill».

Incidentally commentators talk about the maths not stacking up with a Lib / Lab coalition but if Cameron does not secure a government the Conservatives will be in chaos within months...

Interestingly, we haven't heard a PUBLIC word from Skelos since Klein's big reveal, although Deputy Senate Majority Leader Tom Libous went on Talk 1300 this morning with the NY Post's Fred Dicker and called Klein's coalition government statement «very powerful,» without either confirming or denying that talks to form a coalition are actually underway.

There will be a sense of urgency to the coalition talks to form a new British government because the Brexit clock is ticking: formal negotiations between the British government and the EU are due to start on June 19 — just 10 days away.

Now I think I am perfectly entitled to spend 50 days arguing why that's good, why a Conservative majority government would be better than coalition, and I think actually if we are talking about people getting a fair choice, my argument is that if you elect a majority government you have got a manifesto, you can hold us to our promises.

Labour will not be able to form a government in Wales after Plaid Cymru followed the Liberal Democrats» lead and pulled out of coalition talks.

In spite of how much impassioned talk there has been of austerity on both sides of the party - political divide, the table also suggests that the UK coalition government's overall cutbacks to date have been modest in comparison with the seven earlier episodes of fiscal squeeze shown.

The Liberal Democrats have pulled out of coalition talks to form a Welsh government, reopening the possibility of a Labour - led government.

As the pro-independence SNP struggle to overcome the barriers to coalition talks, Labour leader Jack McConnell has continued to argue an SNP government is not inevitable.

A source close to the Tory party talks told Channel 4 News reporter, Andrew Thomas, that a formal coalition would be crucial to the Conservative party who could risk government unless they receive their backing.

«These vital talks have denied me the chance to support the coalition government's progressive proposals to give financial security to our world class universities sector and make the repayment system for students fairer.»

«There was disquiet earlier in the year when Ed Balls talked about wanting to stick with the current coalition government policies on pay restraint, in particular, over this next period,» he says at the TUC stand.

The formation of the coalition has given the government a political majority in the Lords, reducing the need for cross-party consensus achieved through backroom talks.

He should have used it as an opportunity to move beyond the furore over child benefit and the grim talk about cuts, and lay out a positive, pro-growth agenda for the Coalition Government.

Mr Brown himself said he would not be talking about a coalition government tonight, insisting that he would focus on «the major issues facing the world» - from nuclear proliferation to the global economy.

Andrew Gwynne, Labour's shadow health minister has said that the government is out of touch with the «immediate care crisis», hoping that the coalition will engage in cross party talks such that a proper agreement is made.

Cardiff Central MP Jenny Willott also accused Ed Miliband of talking down a Cardiff City Deal, after talks were initiated by the Coalition Government following months of inaction by the Labour - run Cardiff Council.

But the coalition government's track record (Yes, Nick Clegg, I'm talking about you too) on the local economy is dubious.

It has been just six months since the general election and the creation of a coalition government that will profoundly change the way in which we live - and already we are being offered a jabber of competing interpretations of what happened during those five days of talks between the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives and the Lib Dems and Labour.

[157] Under the constitution governing what happens in the event of a hung parliament, Brown remained temporarily as Prime Minister, [158] while the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives entered into talks aimed at forming a coalition government.

Liberal Democrat MP David Laws was at the heart of talks with the Conservatives and Labour as a Coalition Government deal was thrashed out against the clock in May.

He said proportional representation was a «recipe for weak coalition governments» and Mr Brown had only started talking about it «because he fears he is going to lose».

Members of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Party had earlier met at Local Government House to discuss the coalition talks.

If you look, for instance, at the issue of the stay - at - home mother, we do talk in the coalition government about having some sort of transferable tax allowance to help couples in that way.

The Lib Dems have been in talks about forming a coalition government following the results of last week's general election which saw no party gain a parliamentary majority.

Less than two months into the first phase of the coalition's consulting process, and the prime minister did little to quash talk of a debate, telling BBC Radio 4's Today programme: «This government is taking government off the sofa and putting it round the cabinet table.

After months of talking with the banks, the coalition is yet to announce a deal, codenamed Merlin, under which the industry would to agree lending targets of up to # 190bn and show restraint on bonuses in return for less criticism from the government.

«The issue has been forced because of the doomed coalition talks in the last days of the Labour government which revealed a deep chasm between the «progressive» and the traditional wings of the party.

David Laws, a Lib Dem minister in the coalition government, was also on the Today programme talking about the Windrush fiasco.

None of this is necessarily fatal to the government's plans — people about the Lib Dem leadership are talking about these votes being advisory, rather than binding — but, at the very least, they increase the headwinds that Mr Clegg, and the Coalition, are operating against.

At this special Guardian Live event at the Lib Dem annual conference, Clegg talks candidly to the Observer's chief political commentator, Andrew Rawnsley, about the difficulties of coalition government and the fallout of 2015.

The speculation was as detailed as it was impossible to confirm: exploratory talks had already been had with Nick Clegg over the possibility of a post-election deal; Clegg had delivered what the plotters wanted to hear: he could work with Labour, but not with Brown; in the event that Labour came third in the poll of votes, but with enough seats to form a coalition government and keep the Tories out, Brown would have to go — and quickly.

Nicosia, the Capital of Cyprus, and the only divided city in the world is situated in the centre of the Mesaoria Plain, there is nothing of interest in the Talks for a coalition government in the self - proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) are set to begin, after the right - wing National Unity

With the same broad coalition that stood up against this pipeline and took to the streets during the People's Climate March, we're better positioned than ever before to make real climate policy a top priority for the U.S. government and achieve meaningful progress in this year's climate talks.