Questions tagged [coalition]
questions about political parties who work together to form a government
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What explains past affinities of minor coalition members in Ireland?
Looking at prior governing coalitions in Ireland, it seems that FG was more likely to have Labour as their minor partner, and FF was more likely to have the Greens. If this is correct, are there some ...
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Is there any European country that managed to construct a coalition made out of more than five parties?
According to Wikipedia, Finland manages to systematically construct a large coalition government (five parties and even six). I am wondering if this is an isolated case in Europe or not.
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Is there an European precedent for all coalition in power parties being led by women + female PM?
Not sure if this is more fit on History, but Finland politics offered an interesting situation - all coalition parties are led by women:
Social Democratic Party - Sanna Marin
Centre Party - Katri ...
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Which parties are in the current Romanian government (coalition)?
Confusingly enough, Romania has two liberal parties, one called PNL (National Liberal) which supported the [re-election of] the current president Klaus Iohannis, and another called ALDE (Democrat ...
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Why does Spain's PSOE have such a big problem forming a coalition?
What was the reason PSOE couldn't or didn't want to form a coalition for six months or so, to the extent that it preferred to have second snap election in a year? I understand that it had at least two ...
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What vexillologically (flag-based) named coalitions exist (theoretically) in German politics?
In German political speech, multi-party (three or more party) coalitions are sometimes described by vexillological analogy::
I have seen:
Jamaica coalition between conservatives (black), liberals (...
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Could a coalition government not include the plurality party?
Back during the German elections, I remember a bunch of parties saying they would be unwilling to form a coalition with AfD. That made me wonder--what if AfD had won the most votes without getting a ...
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Why do we need static coalitions?
By the German constitution, every member of parliament has to adhere to their conscience only. In reality, the parties on the parliament usually vote unanimously for some bill. The parties that are ...
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Can a party form a coalition with BOTH Labour and Conservatives in parallel? If so, who wins?
Obviously, this is unlikely in practical political reality, but in terms of the rules and norms for UK Parlament, can the following scenario occur and if so, what happens?
Labour has 324 seats (short ...
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