Israel, the race to form the government: from 28 days for the coalition to the risk of new elections

John

By John

Twenty-eight days to build a coalition and present it to the Knesset, with the possibility of asking for another two weeks. It is the time available to the candidate responsible for forming the government in Israel, according to the procedure established by law. If the first attempt fails, the president can carry out a new round of consultations and entrust the role to a second candidate, who also has 28 days. If this step also ends without a government, a 21-day window opens: any member of the Knesset can ask to receive the position, as long as the request has the support of at least 61 parliamentarians. The candidate thus identified then has fourteen days to form the executive. If even the last possibility fails and no government manages to be born, we go back to the polls with new elections.