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"minority coalition" is a political alliance formed by several smaller parties that join forces to govern, even though they don't have a majority of seats in parliament. They work together to pass laws and make decisions, often by negotiating and compromising with other parties.
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«minority»
«coalition»
Sentences with «minority coalition»
- Unless minority coalition governments were explicitly encouraged from the outset; established majority parties will discourage and disparage minority governments since the major parties would prefer to rule less often but completely, than rule more often but share power. (politics.stackexchange.com)
- Thus, «one of the consequences of having a fixed - term Parliament [is] that the Prime Minister loses that bargaining power, the ability to be able to threaten a recalcitrant minority coalition partner with the consequences of an early election» (House of Commons, PCRC, 2013, HC440; Ev. (blog.politics.ox.ac.uk)
- Also on the flight were several leaders of minority coalitions. (rollcall.com)
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