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Ireland to form new government after Green party votes for coalition
Ireland’s next government will be formed on Saturday after the Green party voted resoundingly to enter a coalition with two larger rivals.
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It signed up to a programme that promises radical action on climate change but will also have to shoulder the burden of leading the country’s economic recovery from Covid-19.
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The Fianna Fáil leader, Micheál Martin, will take over the role of Irish taoiseach from Leo Varadkar in an historic reconciliation of a political feud with Fine Gael dating back to the foundation of the state a century ago.
The two larger parties needed the support of the Greens to have a working majority in the Irish parliament, equating to about 80 seats. February’s election was inconclusive and efforts to strike an agreement were hampered as the country’s caretaker government coped with the pandemic.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/26/irish-government-to-be-formed-after-greens-vote-yes-to-coalition
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It signed up to a programme that promises radical action on climate change but will also have to shoulder the burden of leading the country’s economic recovery from Covid-19.
...
The Fianna Fáil leader, Micheál Martin, will take over the role of Irish taoiseach from Leo Varadkar in an historic reconciliation of a political feud with Fine Gael dating back to the foundation of the state a century ago.
The two larger parties needed the support of the Greens to have a working majority in the Irish parliament, equating to about 80 seats. February’s election was inconclusive and efforts to strike an agreement were hampered as the country’s caretaker government coped with the pandemic.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/26/irish-government-to-be-formed-after-greens-vote-yes-to-coalition
