parliament
and minority government.
• The opinion polls and focus groups say that centre-right FineGael, the
senior party in the outgoing coalition government with Labour, has the
momentum. Voters ... have far more trust in FineGael's economic
management than the second placed party (Fianna Fail). Yet despite the
economic recovery, polls say the outgoing coalition is short ... underperforms, the party may choose a period of
recuperation on the opposition benches, complicating FineGael's
government formation task further still.
• We view the risk of radical elements making