Talk:Grand coalition

message: I am against a merger with national government.
There might well be situations in which a grand coalition is not a national (unity) government.
For instance, during the 1990s, a grand coalition of socialists and conservatives (representing around 2/3 of the vote) governed in Austria. However, there was a very vocal opposition comprised of the 2-3 other parties representing the remaining third of the vote (among them Joerg Haider's infamous right-wing Freedom Party)
:Well, the article on national govt is wrong if it implies that a national govt can have no substantial opposition.  In 1931 and 1935, the proportion of British voters who voted against the national govt was 38% (on both occasions), and after 1935, this opposition was represented by three parliamentary parties.  This sounds no different from what you're describing, although the UK opposition wasn't far-right. 86.133.247.3 06:27, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: My thought on this is to ask whether there's an umbrella description that works for both. (I'm American, so less familiar with parliamentary intricacies.) I think there's enough overlap that it would be useful to discuss them within the same article, while acknowledging the differences. Alternatively, could national government be considered a subset of grand coalition? --Dhartung | Talk 18:35, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  No merger 

message: Right now the article is a bit certered on Germany 
Please expand on other countries too  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.164.234.174 (talk) 14:45, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: German centric

message: I altered the two UK related entries.  The wartime coalition of 1916-1918 was a separate government to the 1918-1922 government.  The 1916-1918 government contained Liberals, Conservatives and Labour.  The 1918-1922 government contained Coalition Liberals and Conservatives.  Labour were outside the government, as was a large faction of the Liberal party.
I also removed the line about the National Government, 1931-1945.  Firstly, the National Government lasted from 1931-1940, before being replaced by another all-party wartime coalition (which might fit the definition of a grand coalition).  However, the '31-40 government was not a grand coalition of the two largest parties - the second largest party throughout the period was Labour, which remained outside the coalition (as opposed to National Labour, which was in it). TheAstonishingBadger (talk) 06:31, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: UK Cleanup

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message: Where is the source for the all-party clauses mentioned for the state constitutions of Upper and Lower Austria? Onuzurike424 (talk) 03:40, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Austria Section