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IrelandTaoiseach Leo Varadkar says he wants a general election in May 2020
18:05 12 september 2019
18:05 12 september 2019
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Varadkar ‘not ruling out’ grand coalition with Fianna Fail after election
He said he would not prop up a Fianna Fail led minority Government unless Fianna Fail win more seats than Fine Gael at the next general election. Gallery: Forgotten Ireland - Historical photographs reveal the Emerald Isle (Daily Mail) He added: “We would certainly not entertain a situation whereby we were the largest party in the Dail and we were somehow asked to facilitate the second, third and fourth and fifth party forming a government. “It is my intention and plan and expectation that Fine Gael will win the next general election when it comes in May 2020.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has insisted his proposal for a general election to be held in the summer of 2020 was a “serious” one, and said he was not “chancing his arm” with the suggestion. Speaking in Venice, Italy, Mr Varadkar for the first time publicly confirmed he asked Fianna Fáil leader Micheál
The Taoiseach has said his party wants to avoid an election , after Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin wrote to him He said they would first engage at advisor level, before appointing negotiating teams. Mr Varadkar also reiterated that his preference was to have a general election in the summer of 2020 .
Speaking at the party’s annual away day in Cork, Varadkar said he had always believed that the next election should take place in the summer of 2020.
This timeline would allow Varadkar go the White House for St Patrick’s Day and also ensure he can attend the EU Council meeting in March, he said,
“I think May 2020 is the right moment. It will allow to us to complete a full parliamentary session in the new year, discharge our Government duties around St Patrick’s Day and the March European Council and have a new Government in place well in advance of the next summer recess.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says no-deal Brexit would be 'a tragedy' as he plays down chance of breakthrough before EU summit in October
IT would be “a tragedy” if Europe wakes up to a no-deal Brexit on November 1, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said. However, ahead of his first meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson tomorrow, Mr Varadkar played down any prospects of a breakthrough. Ireland remains entirely wedded to the idea that the UK must accept the backstop as the only working means of preventing a hard border on this island.
British prime minister Boris Johnson said he wants a Brexit deal by October 18th and said a no-deal Brexit would be a failure the British and Irish Ahead of a meeting at Government Buildings in Dublin this morning with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar , Mr Johnson said he believed a Brexit deal was still
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That's despite the Ireland's Taoiseach (Irish PM) Leo Varadkar revealing on Monday, that alternatives "must be realistic, legally binding, and workable," adding that "we have not received such proposals Corbyn has stated that he would call an immediate general election if he were in temporary power.
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The British Prime Minister confirmed the meeting in the House of Commons today. © Getty Ireland's Prime Minister Leo Varadkar arrives for the third straight day of a European Union leaders summit in Brussels on July 2, 2019, for talks aimed at defusing fresh power struggles in a bid to fill the bloc's top jobs.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar look on during their meeting at Government Buildings during his visit to Dublin 31 and has said he will not countenance any delay. Ireland told Johnson on Monday that he must make specific proposals on the future of the Irish border
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has been criticised by Micheal Martin over the Irish border. Despite his stinging criticisms of the Government, Mr Martin said Fianna Fail does not plan to precipitate a general election until 2020 , due to Brexit uncertainty. Leo Varadkar warned Boris Johnson that post-Brexit
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'The government must be absolutely honest' - Micheál Martin calls on Varadkar to reveal plans for custom checks near border
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May described it as a threat to the constitutional integrity of the UK. Boris Johnson has been thwarted from holding a general election or taking the country out of the EU without a deal on 31 October. He has opened the current talks by proposing an all-Ireland agrifood zone, which is one part of a Northern
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Leo Varadkar at the Taoiseach ’s office in Dublin on Wednesday.CreditCreditTom Jamieson for The Varadkar was chosen by members of his Fine Gael center-right party, and will likely call a general While Varadkar mostly wants to explain some facts about Ireland and trade to Trump, he said that if
Leo Varadkar , the 38-year-old Minister for Social Protection, was elected leader of the ruling Fine Gael party on Friday. He will be confirmed as Taoiseach , or prime minister, when the Irish parliament reconvenes on June 13. The outgoing Taoiseach , Enda Kenny, stepped down as party leader in May
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Leo Varadkar on Brexit chaos: 'If the House of Commons went pay-per view, they would make a lot of money'
TAOISEACH Leo Varadkar has responded to the Brexit chaos in Westminster saying "if the House of Commons went pay per view, they'd make a lot of money". He also took an extraordinary pot-shot British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says before they meet in Dublin. He expressed surprise at Mr Johnson's taunts of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn during heated exchanges on Brexit and the prospect of an election in the UK. Mr Varadkar said: "The Dáil is not always an example of virtue an there are plenty of non-sensical displays of behaviour... I don’t really think a Taoiseach would ever call somebody a big girls blouse.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said he understands the "very clear message" from the electorate that they want the Government to "do more on climate action". Speaking at the Citywest count centre in Dublin this evening
Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, he said the offer was '100 per cent sincere', adding: 'Johnson should cast his mind back to the European elections in May , in which his Union leaders pledged to march to force a general election ‘as soon as possible’ despite Jeremy Corbyn standing in the way of one
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Varadkar Demands Guarantees on Irish Border: Brexit Update
Varadkar Demands Guarantees on Irish Border: Brexit Update
Boris Johnson meets Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in Government Buildings during his visit to Dublin. Meanwhile in the UK, Tory MP Nigel Evans said Boris Johnson is more likely to call for a vote of no confidence in his own Government or force an election via another means than to go to Brussels to
“We should also, by then, have secured a Brexit Deal or have guided the country through the worst of No Deal. Though timelines, when it comes to Brexit, are unpredictable,” he said.
The Taoiseach said it would also allow the government to spend the next few months concentrating on other items such as the Budget, Brexit, regional development, housing, health and climate action.
“I believe we can win that election. In fact, I am sure of it even though it may not become apparent until the last week or ten days of the Election Campaign,” he told his party colleagues.
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