立憲、国民両党代表が会談　合流へ人事など詰め

　立憲民主党の枝野幸男、国民民主党の玉木雄一郎両代表は７日夜、東京都内のホテルで会談した。合流後の人事や原発政策を含む基本政策などについて詰めの調整をしたとみられる。党首会談が明らかになるのは、両党幹事長が先月末に合流する方針で一致して以降初めて。
　会談には立憲の福山哲郎、国民の平野博文両幹事長が同席した。
　両幹事長は先月２７日に、(1)衆参一体で合併する(2)次期衆院選の小選挙区と比例代表の重複立候補は比例名簿登載を同一順位とする―ことで合意。人事などの最終判断は両代表に委ねていた。
　国民民主の「吸収」を想定する枝野氏は、今月５日に「新党は１００％ない」と断言。これに対し、参院を中心に合流慎重派を抱える玉木氏は「対等」を主張し、両党の溝は埋まっていない。枝野氏が目指す２０日予定の通常国会召集までに合意できるか不透明だ。（2020/01/07-23:10）

The leaders of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Democratic Party for the People met on Tuesday night, apparently to discuss details of the two major Japanese opposition parties' envisaged integration.
   Yukio Edano, chief of the CDPJ, the largest opposition party, and Yuichiro Tamaki, head of the second-largest DPFP, are believed to have talked about personnel affairs and basic policies, including on nuclear power, after the possible merger.
   This was the first confirmed meeting between the leaders since CDPJ Secretary-General Tstsuro Fukuyama and his DPFP counterpart, Hirofumi Hirano, confirmed the planned merger of the parties at their meeting late last year. Tuesday's meeting, held at a hotel in Tokyo, was joined by the secretaries-general.
   At the Dec. 27 meeting, Fukuyama and Hirano agreed that the integration will be joined by the two parties' lawmakers in both chambers of the Diet, Japan's parliament, while leaving the final decision on personnel appointments to the two leaders.
   But the two parties remain apart over how to carry out the integration. In talks with reporters on Sunday, Edano categorically denied the idea of creating "a new party" through the merger as he aims to realize the integration through the CDPJ absorbing the DPFP.