Ireland
Irish government coalition loses apparently majority
The Irish coalition has in the parliamentary election forecast according to the drastic losses suffered. The conservative party Fianna Fáil could however increase. The formation of the government is likely to be complicated.
Prime Minister Enda Kenny after his vote
The Irish have the center-left coalition of Prime Minister Enda Kenny seems to be punished. Both Fine Gael as well as Labour did, according to a Nachwahlbefragung on behalf of the “Irish Times” in the parliamentary elections on Friday, dramatically votes lost. The Figures by market research firm Ipsos MRBI, according to slipped Fine Gael 36.1 per cent at the previous election in 2011 on 26.1. Labour fell accordingly, from 19.5 percent to only 7.8 percent. If the forecast is confirm, can Kenny his previous coalition does not continue.
A good 3.2 million eligible voters had until the late evening time, your vote. The liberal-conservative party, Fianna Fáil, the “Irish Times”, according to significantly. Sinn Féin, formerly known as the political Arm of the IRA was, therefore moderate voices won.
Employers in care
Sinn Féin had, under the Chairman to Gerry Adams as a protest party positioned, and the Alliance Right2Change connected, the last 20,000 citizens on the streets of Dublin brought to against water charges and austerity measures of the government to protest. The chairmen of the two leftist parties AAA and PBP declared their readiness to Adams to an “alternative Prime Minister” to choose, if it to a left majority is enough – a scenario that both employers ‘ associations as well as the Fine Gael and the further to the right, standing party Fianna Fáil concern.
Transport a ballot box on the island of Inishfree on the West coast of Ireland
Many observers see a Grand coalition of the two parties as the only possible stable government. However, both Enda Kenny as well as Micheál Martin of Fianna Fáil this coalition is excluded.
Results only on Sunday
The allocation of seats in the Irish Parliament is due to the complicated electoral system are difficult to predict. The counting of the votes begins on the Saturday, to ensure that the ballots from remote Atlantic Islands to be counted. The final results of the parliamentary elections should only be on Sunday.
The government had hoped that the voters for stability instead of experiments would decide. The Prime Minister had in the election campaign of the current good economic situation in Ireland, which is after the economic and financial crisis in the year 2008 and now with seven percent, the highest growth rate in the EU. Against Kenny’s austerity measures was formed, however, strong resistance.
Topics in the election campaign was in addition to the austerity measures and the country’s recovery after the economic and financial crisis, the gang violence in the capital, Dublin.
stu/pab (afp, dpa)