Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says Fine Gael would be willing to discuss forming a new government only on the basis of respect for the 450,000 voters who voted for the party. However he said the opposition had more than enough seats to form a government
Speaking in Brussels he said: “We are willing to talk to other parties about participating in government if the opposition fails to put together a government, [but] that’s not something we’re planning to do or looking for.
“It could really only ever happen on the basis that there is full respect for the fact that we did win 450,000 votes in this election.
“We have 35 seats. We didn’t win this election, but we have almost as many seats and votes as Fianna Fail and not that many fewer than Sinn Fein, but I don’t see any evidence yet that that’s not recognised by any other party.”
