Sentences with phrase «preferred coalition partners»

The break down of the talks came as a surprise, especially as it was announced by the resurgent FDP, Merkel's preferred coalition partners who had dropped out of parliament four years ago and had ruled with her conservatives 2009 - 2013.

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In the event of a coalition government after the next election, voters would prefer the Liberal Democrats to Ukip as the junior partner by 42 % compared to 35 %.

Legal Week's latest Big Question survey, which canvassed the opinion of nearly 100 partners at leading UK and US law firms, found that 80 % would prefer another coalition in the absence of a single party winning an outright majority.

With a hung parliament expected following the UK general election this week, most partners would prefer another coalition over a minority government, with more than two - thirds of respondents to a new Legal Week survey arguing a minority government would be bad for the economy.