coalition agreement
Multi-party governing contract
A coalition agreement is a formal contract between political parties that join together to form a government, typically when no single party wins an outright majority.
The document spells out policy compromises, ministerial appointments, and legislative priorities the partners commit to pursue: The coalition agreement promised tax reform within the first hundred days.
Such agreements help prevent governing alliances from collapsing over disputes that could have been settled in advance.
- governmentAuthority over a state
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- smoke-filled roomSecret political negotiation venue
- compromiseAgreement through mutual sacrifice
pact · alliance · partners · majority · cabinet · ministers · manifesto · concessions · red lines · talks · deal · formation · parties · junior partner · pledge · mandate · power-sharing · treaty
coalition agreementsingle-party rule
Governance without competing factions
majority government · absolute majority · autocracy · dictatorship · one-party state
coalition agreementopposition
Active resistance or dissent
no-confidence vote · party split · vote of no confidence · partisan warfare · minority government
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