相互推薦、幹事長間で再協議　自公党首、参院選へ連携強化

　岸田文雄首相（自民党総裁）は１０日、公明党の山口那津男代表と首相官邸で会談した。今夏の参院選に向けた両党の連携強化を確認。「相互推薦」を含めて、両党の幹事長・選対委員長（２幹２選）レベルで、具体的な対応を再協議する。
　会談後、首相は記者団の取材に応じ、互いの候補を支援する相互推薦について、「２幹２選において詳細を詰めていく」と指摘。山口氏は「方向性は党首間で確認した。２幹２選で具体化してもらう」と記者団に語った。（2022/03/10-21:24）

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, also president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of Komeito, the LDP's junior coalition partner, agreed on Thursday to strengthen their parties' cooperation for this summer's House of Councillors election.
   Noting that the situation involving Ukraine "could lead to the biggest crisis in the postwar period, depending on developments," Kishida stressed in his meeting with Yamaguchi at the prime minister's office that "no gap is allowed" between the ruling parties.
   "We will strengthen closer-than-usual ties at any levels," Kishida told reporters after the meeting. "We'll closely cooperate on both the policy and election fronts" by actively holding meetings of senior party members, he added.