Germany continues to sink Germany’s new coalition government is facing growing doubts over its ability to revive Europe’s largest economy

Germany’s new coalition government is facing growing doubts over its ability to revive Europe’s largest economy Bne IntelliNews #Germany #Economy #CoalitionGovernment #EuropeanEconomy #EconomicGrowth

Even right-wing watchdogs don’t rate the coalition’s performance - Witchdoctor It's a worry when a conservative pressure group comes out swinging at a government they would traditionally support, writes PAT PILCHER.

You know there's something seriously wrong when a right-wing watchdog reckons a right-wing government's performance sucks.

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Sabah appoints Joachim, Masidi and Ewon as trio of Deputy Chief Ministers KOTA KINABALU — Sabah moves into a new administrative era with the appointment of three Deputy Chief Ministers, each representing a major partner in the state’s coalition government. Leading the trio is Datuk Seri Dr Joachim Gunsalam, who now serves as Deputy Chief Minister I while managing Works and Utilities. Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun, known […]

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Kosovo’s Vetëvendosje forms broad coalition for December snap election Vetevendosje failed to form a government after the February general election, which left no party with a clear majority and coalition talks at a standstill.

Vetevendosje failed to form a government after the February general election, which left no party with a clear majority and coalition talks at a standstill. Bne IntelliNews #Kosovo #Vetevendosje #AlbinKurti #SnapElection #CoalitionGovernment

Centrist D66 party makes huge gains in Dutch election Result opens a path for D66 leader Rob Jetten to form a government as the youngest ever prime minister of the Netherlands

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Japan’s LDP, Japan Innovation Party Sign Coalition Agreement TOKYO, Oct 21 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), and Japan Innovation Party, yesterday, formally agreed to form a coalition government, with party leaders Sanae Takaichi and Hirofumi Yoshimura signing a written agreement. The deal will effectively pave the way for LDP President, Sanae Takaichi to secure victory in the upcoming prime ministerial […] The post Japan’s LDP, Japan Innovation Party Sign Coalition Agreement first appeared on AsiaNewsToday.

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Sanae Takaichi Poised to Be Japan's First Female Prime Minister Japan's Liberal Democratic Party has forged a new, potentially fragile coalition with the Japan Innovation Party, securing the path for Sanae Takaichi to

Sanae Takaichi Poised to Be Japan's First Female Prime Minister

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What if the Bush family, the Obama’s, the Cheney’s and people around those circles formed a #coalitiongovernment party? That’s the only way I can have any hope of us getting out of this mess. The #democraticparty is dead. Not the Clinton’s. Not anyone that could very well be on the #epstienlist.

‘If I felt Zuckerberg and Sandberg were monsters, I wouldn’t have worked at Meta’: Nick Clegg on tech bros, AI and Starmer’s half measures When Britain’s former deputy PM took a job at Meta, nothing could have prepared him for the ‘cloying conformity’ of the tech world. So why does he still think social media is a force for good?

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Fascinating interview and assessment of current politics.
I have always thought #NickClegg was a decent soul. (Yes, despite tuition fees.)
The #CoalitionGovernment would have been an awful lot worse without the #LibDems moderating influence.

“This does not mean they have different agendas, it is simply that each has a role, not least in providing the other parties plausible deniability should one particular policy seem excessively unpopular.” #nzpol #CoalitionGovernment

Lithuania’s PM Paluckas resigns amid coalition pressure Investing.com -- Lithuania’s Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas announced his resignation on Thursday, according to a statement released by his Social Democrat Party. The resignation comes after a junior party in Lithuania’s governing coalition issued an ultimatum on Wednesday, threatening to leave the coalition unless Paluckas stepped down. The coalition partner’s demand for his resignation stemmed from concerns over Paluckas’s business connections to a company owned by his sister-in-law. The statement confirming his departure was distributed by the Social Democrat Party, which Paluckas represents. This article was generated with the support of AI and reviewed by an editor. For more information see our T&C. Which stock should you buy in your very next trade? With valuations skyrocketing in 2024, many investors are uneasy putting more money into stocks. Unsure where to invest next? Get access to our proven portfolios and discover high-potential opportunities. In 2024 alone, ProPicks AI identified 2 stocks that surged over 150%, 4 additional stocks that leaped over 30%, and 3 more that climbed over 25%. That's an impressive track record. With portfolios tailored for Dow stocks, S&P stocks, Tech stocks, and Mid Cap stocks, you can explore various wealth-building strategies.

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Japan PM Ishiba’s ruling coalition to lose majority in upper house- NHK Investing.com-- A coalition led by Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s ruling party is set to lose its majority in the upper house, public broadcaster NHK reported on Monday. Exit polls showed Ishiba’s Liberal Democratic Party and coalition partner Komeito falling short of the 125 seats needed to keep control of Japan’s upper house, which was a key goal of Ishiba’s. Ishiba told NHK that he still intended to stay on as prime minister and party leader, amid growing calls for his removal. Sunday’s loss comes after Ishiba’s ruling LDP party suffered a drastic loss in October’s lower house election, which reflected consistently souring public faith in the party. Promises of more government welfare and tax cuts from opposition parties, such as the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, also appeared to have swayed voters. While the recent ballot will not directly determine whether Ishiba’s government will fall, it does herald increased political uncertainty for Japan, especially as Ishiba’s administration failed to so far reach any trade deal with the United States. Japan faces a 25% tariff on all exports to the U.S., effective August 1. The Japanese yen firmed slightly in whipsaw trade on Monday, with the USDJPY pair falling 0.3%. Japanese stock markets were closed for a holiday. With valuations skyrocketing in 2024, many investors are uneasy putting more money into stocks. Unsure where to invest next? Get access to our proven portfolios and discover high-potential opportunities. In 2024 alone, ProPicks AI identified 2 stocks that surged over 150%, 4 additional stocks that leaped over 30%, and 3 more that climbed over 25%. That's an impressive track record. With portfolios tailored for Dow stocks, S&P stocks, Tech stocks, and Mid Cap stocks, you can explore various wealth-building strategies.

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South Africa’s coalition Cabinet — the more things change… While much has changed within our Cabinet because of the introduction of other parties, much remains the same. When it first became clear that a national coalition was being formed around the African National Congress (ANC) and the Democratic Alliance (DA), it was already obvious that it would be incredibly diverse. This has led to a Cabinet in which it can sometimes appear that ministers are following different agendas. And the person at the centre of it all, President Cyril Ramaphosa, appears to be unable to instil discipline or ensure competence. Even now, a full year after the ministers were sworn in, the diversity of our Cabinet can be breathtaking. It is not just that two parties that have competed against each other so personally for so long are working together. It is also because the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) and the Freedom Front Plus, along with the Patriotic Alliance (PA) and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), appear to be rubbing along together fairly well. It is almost a part of our South Africanness that, for the moment at least, our politicians generally have warm personal relations, despite the very real differences in the constituencies they represent. When Ramaphosa visited flood-affected communities in the Eastern Cape last week, his delegation included ministers from the IFP and the DA, and it was clear they were being included in the same way ANC ministers were. It was somehow typically South African. Everyone has a chance to do their thing. Cooperation It was perhaps this element of our society that might have led to hopes that perhaps, despite their ideological differences, members of the Cabinet would all work together to move in the same direction. There are some areas in which this has happened. For example, there have been virtually no leaks from Cabinet meetings, even though some parties would stand to gain from doing this.  Some have indeed given an account of what happened during the most tense moment of this coalition, the argument over the Budget, but even so, very few details have emerged in the public domain. Also, considering that there are many departments with a minister from one party and a deputy or deputies from another, instances of open conflict have been rare. Of course, there are some. Particularly in the two situations where the current minister is from the DA, while the deputy minister is the previous ANC minister. Both in the Communications Ministry and in Public Works and Infrastructure, there have been brief public spats involving the DA’s Solly Malatsi and the ANC’s Mondli Gungubele (over Malatsi’s withdrawal of the SABC Bill) and the DA’s Dean Macpherson and the ANC’s Sihle Zikalala over several issues (including the Expropriation Bill and how the department has been run). But in some areas, which could be considered political flashpoints, there has been relative peace. In the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition, for example, which administers BEE, it appears that the minister, the ANC’s Parks Tau and one of the deputies, Andrew Whitfield, have avoided open conflict. This is no small achievement. Considering the previous habits of both the ANC and the DA, and the very real differences on issues like the National Health Insurance, the fact that there has been no public conflagration is in itself important. Cohesion That said, there is an apparent lack of cohesion within the Cabinet. This was on full display two weeks ago.  While Malatsi was making it easier for a service owned by the world’s richest man to come to South Africa, Mineral Resources and Petroleum Minister Gwede Mantashe was unveiling new proposals that place onerous new transformation conditions on the mining industry. In some cases, it appears that individual ministers, no matter which party they are from, are making important progress. But strange things still happen. Last year, Home Affairs Minister, the DA’s Leon Schreiber, unveiled new regulations for digital nomads. The government had promised these changes for many years, but he did it within months of taking office. This led to speculation that either Schreiber was just more competent than the ANC or that his predecessor, the ANC’s Aaron Motsoaledi, had refused to publish the changes. This forced Ramaphosa to issue a statement, confirming that Schreiber had his full support. Renegades But two other factors so far also stand out from the behaviour of this Cabinet. The first is that several members have not moderated their behaviour, despite now holding national office. PA leader Gayton McKenzie, for example, appears to be in continual campaign mode. While it may be significant for a political party leader to make prejudiced and xenophobic comments, it is much more significant when those words come from a Cabinet minister. Despite very strong criticism of his comments, the President has not taken action against him. Meanwhile, the country’s best-known public masticator, Higher Education Minister Nobuhle Nkabane, has shown complete disrespect for Parliament and accountability. Worse, it appears her claim that the list of names of people she would appoint to chair the Setas came from an independent panel is a complete lie. If and when this is confirmed, Ramaphosa will be under pressure to remove her as she will have lied to Parliament. Coalition weakness All of this demonstrates a major weakness of the current arrangement. Ramaphosa cannot really take action against a minister who is not from the ANC. To do so could risk the entire coalition. This probably explains why he has not acted against McKenzie. And even if he were to speak to the PA about this, McKenzie is its leader. And even if the party agreed to his removal, it would probably replace him in the Cabinet with their deputy leader, Kenny Kunene. It would not be long before he made comments very similar to those made by McKenzie. Or, given Kunene’s track record, something much worse. This reveals the second dynamic. Ramaphosa also appears unable to act against ANC ministers. If he can’t act against ministers from other parties, can he act against those from his own? It may still be important, though, to remember that some of these dynamics are also the result of old ANC habits. For example, there was at least one example of a deputy minister contradicting a minister in public (when Godfrey Oliphant was the deputy minister of Mineral Resources, he publicly criticised Mosebenzi Zwane during the State Capture era). And of course, there are plenty of examples where a minister appeared impervious to presidential discipline. The most public example was Pravin Gordhan, who took on Jacob Zuma in the most public way in 2016 and 2017. Competence Another old ANC habit may well relate to the fact that several people in the Cabinet have been shown to lack competence. Nkabane’s handling of the Seta debacle may be a good example. But Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni’s statement that the government would “smoke out” illegal miners during an incident in which at least 80 people died may be another. There is still no indication that Small Business Development Minister Stella Ndabeni (formerly Ndabeni-Abrahams) has acted as a cheerleader for business. The Minister of Land Reform and Rural Development, PAC leader Mzwanele Nyhontso, has been largely absent from debates and discussions about his portfolio, while there are other examples of ministers who appear to have made little progress in their portfolios. This suggests that while much has changed within our Cabinet because of the introduction of other parties, much remains the same. DM The post South Africa’s coalition Cabinet — the more things change… appeared first on The Namibian.

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Poland's PM Donald Tusk won a confidence vote with 243 votes despite losing the Warsaw mayoralty and facing coalition criticism. He aims for government reconstruction to foster unity amidst opposition from the new president.

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Poland's PM Donald Tusk faces a tough political situation after a recent election defeat. He called for a vote of confidence to stabilize his coalition, amid rising conservative support and internal dissent. Success is critical to avoid early elections.

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The fatal failure of South Africa’s political opposition While the creation of our first national coalition government was supposed to be a major change in government, it has also led to major changes in the opposition benches. Despite the fact that the coalition has failed to improve the lives of most South Africans, parties that oppose it have failed to make much headway. South Africa’s 2024 elections led to the biggest changes in the opposition benches. The Democratic Alliance (DA), which had become very effective in opposition, was suddenly in government (and taking many of its oppositional habits into the Union Buildings). A party (MK) which had never been represented in Parliament before was suddenly the Official Opposition. And was led by someone who himself had never been an MP. The previous time John Hlophe had been mentioned in the National Assembly was the day he became the first judge to be impeached in the democratic era. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), used to being able to make noise as the third-biggest party, found itself in a reduced role, even though its greater parliamentary experience has made it more effective than the uMkhonto Wesizwe (MK) party. And there are several smaller parties who have both tried to be oppositional to the coalition, and flirted with joining it. It is perhaps the greatest indictment of our opposition parties that despite the fact the coalition has delivered GDP growth of just 0.1%, they cannot craft an effective message. A major part of this has been the divided nature of the MK party. Considering President Jacob Zuma’s history of a lust for personal power and for wrecking institutions, this was always going to be the case. The revolving door of people in the position of secretary-general has surely created massive instability. It was also entirely predictable that the trio of Zuma, Hlophe and Floyd Shivambu was going to be about as stable as the Trump-Musk relationship. Zuma also had very few people to choose from. The fact he had to appoint someone like Mzwanele Manyi to the position of Chief Whip and then demote him is proof of that. Probably only one other individual has said more and contributed less to our politics than he. Meanwhile, Hlophe has appeared to battle with the transition from being a judge, where your instructions are simply obeyed, to leading a parliamentary caucus, where people must be persuaded. He has also not been able to deliver a single speech in Parliament that has captured the public imagination. For the Leader of the Opposition, a constitutionally mandated position, this is a massive failure. Parliamentary speeches are a massive platform for the opposition and the leader of that party should be able to use it effectively. However, as has been said many times, MK’s real problem is that there is no internal democracy and thus no durable legitimate structures. It is unlikely that this will change and thus unlikely that it will become a more effective opposition. The EFF has shown itself to be more effective than MK, partly because its members have more parliamentary experience and partly because its leader, Julius Malema, is prepared to be in Parliament and thus use its platform (unlike Zuma). That said, it still appears as if the EFF has not yet got over the shock of being relegated to the position of fourth-largest political party. Certainly, Malema appears to be unable to grab the political agenda in a way he did, say, five years ago. Even though videos featuring him were shown during President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Oval Office meeting with President Donald Trump, he was unable to really insert himself into that story. It may be that Malema’s previous focus, on attacking first Zuma and then Ramaphosa so personally, has turned into a strategic weakness. Ramaphosa is not as powerful as he was and, while he may symbolise the coalition government, Malema has been unable to turn him into a hate figure.  Crucially, Malema announced at the start of this Parliament that he would no longer disrupt proceedings as he had in the past. So far, he has not been able to come up with a new tactic, or a new line of attack that has really given him traction. One of the more intriguing dynamics of this period has been the role of some of the smaller parties that are not formally in the government coalition. ActionSA has found itself in a position where it can at times support the coalition or the ANC, and then oppose it. In the hours after ActionSA took the decision to vote with the ANC to support the fiscal framework of Budget 2.0, the party’s Athol Trollip was incredibly honest when asked if ActionSA would now join the coalition. He summed up the situation for the party when he said: “If the DA leaves the GNU [Government of National Unity], whether they get kicked out or they decide to leave, the opposition space is going to get crowded and we will have to take a strategic decision. Will we still make an impact in opposition, or must we look at perhaps going into government? But that depends on the GNU, whether they want us there or not. We will wait and see, but we will make a strategic decision where we can make the greatest impact.” This revealed the options the party was dealing with in essence. But it also meant that when the ANC and the DA found each for Budget 3.0, ActionSA had to be content in the opposition benches, despite the fact voters would have known it considered joining the ANC. Build One South Africa, meanwhile, has appeared to struggle to gain traction with a consistent message. Its leader, Mmusi Maimane, has made regular media appearances and often provided principled opposition to government proposals. But it is hard to know if they have been able to really change government policy or win more votes. So far, it seems the coalition government has completely failed to make a difference to the lives of most people. Parties in opposition have failed too; they have not yet provided a credible alternative for voters. DM The post The fatal failure of South Africa’s political opposition appeared first on The Namibian.

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Dutch government collapses after #Wilders’ party exits coalition. Snap elections likely. Can a new government navigate this political shift? Learn more. #Netherlands #DutchPolitics #CoalitionGovernment #Europe nomadtabloid.com/article/dutch-government...

In 2028, democrats should commit to a coalition government. The D candidate should select a reasonable GOP VP pick. We should show America that we value America, and the constitution, and the rule of law, above petty party politics. #coalitiongovernment

German parties agree to form government After weeks of negotiations, the conservative CDU/CSU bloc and centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) will present a coalition deal to form a new government. Talks took on a sense of urgency amid a host of global and domestic challenges. German news agency DPA has reported, citing insiders, that the Christian Democrats (CDU) of Friedrich Merz would take on the foreign ministry for the first time in almost 60 years in the new coalition government. The SPD would be assigned the finance and defence ministries, while the interior ministry would be taken by the conservative bloc of CDU and the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU). After the coalition deal was presented yesterday, it still required approval by the three parties involved. In the case of the SPD, this means a digital ballot of its rank-and-file members. CDU will hold a vote on the deal at a party convention, while with the CSU, a decision by the party’s steering committee will suffice for approval. – DW The post German parties agree to form government appeared first on The Namibian.

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Germany is back, says Merz, after sealing government deal
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Germany’s future coalition seeks to cut electricity tax and grid fees Investing.com -- Germany’s incoming coalition government, consisting of the conservative CDU-CSU bloc and the centre-left Social Democrats, has agreed to reduce the electricity tax and grid fees. This move is aimed at decreasing electricity prices in Europe’s largest economy by a minimum of 5 cents per kilowatt-hour. The coalition has also agreed to introduce incentives to encourage the construction of up to 20 gigawatts of gas power plant capacity by 2030. This is part of a legislative package that includes the adoption of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, which will be applied to gas-fired power plants. In addition, the coalition plans to repeal a contentious heating law and a gas storage levy. These were originally introduced by Berlin in 2022 to offset the costs incurred from replacing Russian gas after Moscow ceased its deliveries. The coalition agreement also highlighted plans to reintroduce tax rebates for diesel fuel in agriculture. This move will be complemented by the introduction of new purchase incentives for electric vehicles. This article was generated with the support of AI and reviewed by an editor. For more information see our T&C.

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Austria’s three-party government takes office, shutting out far right
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Germany’s next chancellor assembling a government with a side of chaos - conservatives, far-right, and far-left all squeezed in together. A true masterpiece of political mixology.

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Take note Australia @katiephang.bsky.social is talking about #TheOrangeFelon BUT she might also be talking about #TheThug #Murdoch & all the other Aussie #Billionaires that want a compliant #COALitionGovernment

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Don't TRUST #Conservatives put them last

Flemish nationalist Bart De Wever sworn in as Belgian prime minister
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Ireland election results: How the country voted as majority of seats declared Results suggest that Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael’s coalition is set to continue

👇🇮🇪"Ireland election results: How the country voted as majority of seats declared" #FiannaFáil #FineGael
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