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Irish parties plan to sign coalition deal after 4 months of political deadlock
Source: Thomson Reuters
Irish parties plan to sign coalition deal after 4 months of political deadlock
Thomson Reuters · Posted: Jun 14, 2020 6:59 PM ET | Last Updated: June 14
Irish political parties Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and the Greens will sign a deal on Monday on the formation of a new coalition government, Fianna Fail Leader Micheal Martin said after talks on Sunday aimed at ending four months of political deadlock.
The talks will resume on Monday morning to resolve the final issues, negotiators for the three parties told journalists.
"We've had good progress made, so we're going to sign off tomorrow on it," Martin said. "We're nearly there."
Martin, whose Fianna Fail party has 37 seats in the 160-seat Parliament after the closely fought February election, is widely expected to take over as prime minister from Leo Varadkar, whose Fine Gael party has 35 seats, if the deal is ratified by the three parties.
Martin and Varadkar are then expected to rotate the role during the government's five-year term.
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Thomson Reuters · Posted: Jun 14, 2020 6:59 PM ET | Last Updated: June 14
Irish political parties Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and the Greens will sign a deal on Monday on the formation of a new coalition government, Fianna Fail Leader Micheal Martin said after talks on Sunday aimed at ending four months of political deadlock.
The talks will resume on Monday morning to resolve the final issues, negotiators for the three parties told journalists.
"We've had good progress made, so we're going to sign off tomorrow on it," Martin said. "We're nearly there."
Martin, whose Fianna Fail party has 37 seats in the 160-seat Parliament after the closely fought February election, is widely expected to take over as prime minister from Leo Varadkar, whose Fine Gael party has 35 seats, if the deal is ratified by the three parties.
Martin and Varadkar are then expected to rotate the role during the government's five-year term.
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Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ireland-parties-coalition-government-1.5611991
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