立・国合流、合意できず　双方が党内議論へ―党首会談

　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１０日、国会内で約３時間会談し、合流に向けて詰めの協議を行ったが、合意には至らなかった。枝野氏は会談後、記者団に「この間の経緯、議論について党内議論に付すことで一致した」と語ったが、協議の詳細は明かさなかった。
　会談には、立憲の福山哲郎、国民の平野博文両幹事長も同席した。両代表は７日と９日にも非公式に協議。１０日の会談後、枝野氏は記者団に「中身、詳細については申し上げない」と語り、横に並んだ玉木氏は発言しなかった。国民幹部は「合意ではない」と述べた。
　合流をめぐり、枝野氏は２０日召集の通常国会前の決着を主張。玉木氏は、国民内の参院議員に異論が根強いことから期限にこだわらず丁寧な議論を求めている。国民は１５日に両院議員懇談会を開く予定だが、意見集約は難航する可能性がある。（2020/01/10-19:00）

Leaders of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Democratic Party for the People failed to reach an accord Friday in their negotiations on the proposed merger of the major Japanese opposition parties.
   "We agreed to discuss the process and results of our merger negotiations at our respective parties," CDPJ leader Yukio Edano told reporters after his meeting with DPFP chief Yuichiro Tamaki.
   But Edano stopped short of disclosing details of the meeting, which lasted about three hours. Tamaki, standing side by side with Edano, made no remarks.
   The meeting, which was joined by CDPJ Secretary-General Tetsuro Fukuyama and his DPFP counterpart, Hirofumi Hirano, came after Edano and Tamaki held informal talks on Tuesday and Thursday.
   Edano had called for a merger accord to be reached before the Jan. 20 start of this year's regular session of the Diet, Japan's parliament. But Tamaki sought careful discussions without setting a deadline, since many DPFP lawmakers in the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the Diet, are cautious about the proposed merger.