Icelanders could have a new Prime Minister by the end of the week as negotiations on a historic grand coalition between the Left Greens and the conservative Independence Party and the centrist Progress Party are nearing completion. The leaders of the three parties have been hammering out the details of an agreement between the three parties for the past two weeks.
Read more: Grand Coalition grows more likely as Left Green led talks on governing majority continue
According to multiple reports the leaders have reached an agreement on all major issues, as the national committees of the parties have all been summoned to vote on the agreement on Wednesday. Parliament is expected to reconvene the first week of December. The first task of parliament will be to vote on a budget for 2018.
The National Broadcasting Service RÚV reports that the major issues which the parties have yet to agree upon is the allocation of cabinet posts. Katrín Jakobsdóttir, the leader of the Left Greens, is expected to become the Prime Minister of the coalition government. If the national committees of the three parties vote to approve the agreement between the party leaders the first meeting of the new government could be on December 1.
Icelanders could have a new Prime Minister by the end of the week as negotiations on a historic grand coalition between the Left Greens and the conservative Independence Party and the centrist Progress Party are nearing completion. The leaders of the three parties have been hammering out the details of an agreement between the three parties for the past two weeks.
Read more: Grand Coalition grows more likely as Left Green led talks on governing majority continue
According to multiple reports the leaders have reached an agreement on all major issues, as the national committees of the parties have all been summoned to vote on the agreement on Wednesday. Parliament is expected to reconvene the first week of December. The first task of parliament will be to vote on a budget for 2018.
The National Broadcasting Service RÚV reports that the major issues which the parties have yet to agree upon is the allocation of cabinet posts. Katrín Jakobsdóttir, the leader of the Left Greens, is expected to become the Prime Minister of the coalition government. If the national committees of the three parties vote to approve the agreement between the party leaders the first meeting of the new government could be on December 1.
