The Scottish National Party (SNP) must govern as a minority in Scotland after its coalition with the Green Party dissolved this Thursday, according to British media. The Scottish first minister, the nationalist Humza Yousaf, has called this Thursday an emergency meeting of his cabinet amid rumors of the breakup, which he has not confirmed.
A few days ago the Greens indicated that their members would consider whether the party should remain in power with the SNP, Yousaf's party. The Scottish Government announced last week that it was abandoning its commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 75% by 2030, although it insisted that the goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2045 remained firm.
The Greens agreed to support the SNP in 2021 after the nationalists failed to win an overall majority. The SNP currently has 63 members in the Scottish Parliament, out of 129 seats in total, and the Green Party has seven. Both parties are in favor of Scottish independence. The Conservative Party has 31 MPs and the Labor Party, once the dominant force in Scotland, has 22.
The SNP has governed since 2011, but its lead in the polls began to decline after Nicola Sturgeon resigned in early 2023. She has since been arrested and investigated over the party's finances.
Earlier this month, a YouGov poll put Britain's opposition Labor Party slightly ahead of the SNP for the first time since Scotland held an independence referendum in 2014.
