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We have already assembled a coalition of ten donor countries to take the lead, but we need ten more donors to fund the project fully.
For the Israeli coalition government headed by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, matters are relatively simple.
But in Italy, the ruling coalition has embarked on a fiscal stimulus while proposing measures that will reduce labor-force participation.
Similarly, in Austria – which, to be sure, never admitted guilt in the first place – Chancellor Sebastian Kurz’s far-right, anti-immigration coalition is poised to end the EU’s politics of “identity annihilation.”
As the cleavages inherited from the military years fade and the ideological ocean that once separated left and right becomes a navigable river, there is potential for coalition reshuffling.
Tensions in the new ruling coalition are also possible.
A future majority in the Sejm (Parliament) can only be created by a coalition of no fewer than three parties.
A coalition of the Union of Freedom with the Catholics and the nationalists was formed.
They cannot foresee who will rule and what policies the government will pursue, even if their favorite party joins the governmental coalition.
After parliamentarians were summoned back to work after Christmas in an unprecedented extended winter session, the bill passed the Lok Sabha (the lower house), where the ruling coalition commands a narrow majority.
After a session lasting until midnight, punctuated by the introduction of 187 amendments (most by the opposition but some by coalition allies of the ruling Congress Party), the government pleaded incapable of processing all the amendments in time.
And, more to the point, they were successful: their eventual assassination of Conrad of Montferrat led directly to the political collapse of the Crusader coalition and the defeat of Richard the Lionheart of England.
The main message of the election result is that British voters do not welcome the fragmentation of the political system and the rise of smaller parties leading to a new era of coalition governments.
Cameron’s initial reaction to exit polls indicating that the Conservatives would be able to govern without a coalition partner was to call for a return to the “One Nation” policies – emphasizing the reduction of social and economic inequalities – that defined his party 50 years ago.
Examining the US-led coalition's prewar actions may well expose official deception and manipulation in making the case for military intervention.
But from the outset of the intervention, coalition officials have displayed patent disregard for mass graves and massacre sites.
Unfortunately, the coalition's neglect of forensic issues reflects its wider failure to devise any strategy to address issues concerning the rule of law and justice, or any central body with the authority to begin building the necessary institutions.
With weapons of mass destruction nowhere to be found, the justice of this intervention remains an open question--one that now turns on the coalition's efforts to establish the rudiments of legality in Iraq.
As the occupation force in Iraq, the coalition has undertaken international obligations, under the fourth Geneva convention, to uphold security and the rule of law.
This means that the coalition cannot do whatever it wishes with Saddam's henchmen and war criminals.
But the coalition's choices are extremely limited.
The following year, a coalition of non-governmental organizations pledged more than $750 million for nutrition programs, based partly on our findings.
The first coalition, comprising a group of committed governments, would seek to drive down the cost of renewable energy at least to that of fossil-fuel energy within a decade.
The second coalition should be a group of countries – in particular, the 23 members of the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM), which account for about 80% of global energy demand, 80% of greenhouse-gas emissions, and 90% of clean-energy investments – that agree to double their economies’ rate of energy efficiency.
To bolster trust, membership in the coalition would be contingent on progress, assessed according to annual disclosure requirements, with rewards for the strongest performers.
The third coalition should comprise developing countries taking advantage of gains in energy security, equity, and sustainability to leapfrog into new energy pathways, much as they took advantage of mobile telephony.
This coalition should be led by the major emerging economies (Brazil, South Africa, India, and China), which accounted for 40-50% of the $244 billion invested in renewables in 2012.
Unfortunately, Merkel’s campaign is off to a rocky start, and the recent entry of Oskar Lafontaine’s extreme left-wing party into the fray may necessitate the formation of a grand coalition between the Christian Democrats and the Social Democrats.
On the other hand, a center-right coalition between the Christian Democrats and the Free Democrats could spark the ECB into action.
Historically, the US has been able to conclude trade agreements only when a coalition of actors that would benefit from better export opportunities secured more votes than those who were vulnerable to import competition.
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