hallitusneuvottelu

hallitus (“government”) +‎ neuvottelu (“negotiation, talks”); in Finland any single party seldom obtains more than 25 % of the vote in a parliamentary election. Thus, in order to establish a government backed by a parliamentary majority, the political parties need to enter into a multi-party negotiation to agree on the main political guidelines to be followed and the distribution of the ministerial positions between the parties which agree to participate in the government. These talks are called hallitusneuvottelut (normally used in plural).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑlːitusˌneu̯ʋotːelu/, [ˈhɑ̝lːit̪us̠ˌne̞u̯w(ː)o̞t̪̚ˌt̪e̞lu]
• Rhymes: -elu
• Syllabification^(key): hal‧li‧tus‧neu‧vot‧te‧lu
• Hyphenation^(key): hal‧litus‧neuvot‧te‧lu

hallitusneuvottelu

1. (chiefly in the plural) government formation talks (translation used by the prime minister's office)

• “hallitusneuvottelut”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 December 2023