The relationship between the government and the Greens will be discussed this week, Prime Minister John Key says.
The
Greens, who have 14 MPs in the new Parliament, signed a memorandum of
understanding with the government after the 2008 election and they
worked together on specific issues like home insulation.
Mr Key
says he expects to meet Greens co-leader Metiria Turei on Tuesday for an
initial discussion and no decisions will be made before Christmas.
"We need to have a discussion before we get anywhere near a memorandum of understanding," Mr Key said.
He
says there might be terms under which the Greens would abstain on
confidence votes rather than oppose the Government and that was one of
the things that would be tested during the discussions.
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