Development comes after Labour and Social Democrats shun ‘common negotiating platform’ in advance of government-formation talks
Election 2024: Another coalition comprising Micheál Martin's Fianna Fáil and Simon Harris's Fine Gael is the most likely outcome when the election dust settles. Photograph: Alan BetsonIf a centre-left party does not sign up for government, it is likely to significantly improve the bargaining position of any Independent who does want to participate formally in government, rather than backing a coalition from the Opposition benches.
A Social Democrats TD concurred: “There definitely won’t be a common negotiating platform.” That party is understood to have outlined the belief that its mandate was delivered on the basis that it would enter government-formation talks alone — with the party having been lukewarm on the idea of a joint platform floated by Labour and the Greens during the election.
One Labour TD said it was now down to Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil in particular to make an offer. “If they’re to come and suggest that they’re willing to share government in a meaningful way, let’s hear it.”
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