立・共党首「力合わせが重要」　次期衆院選にらみ会食

　立憲民主党の泉健太代表と共産党の田村智子委員長は１９日昼、東京都内で会食した。次期衆院選が自公政権を倒す「大事な機会」との認識で一致し、両党の「連携や力合せ」の重要性を確認した。泉氏が会食を呼び掛け、立民の岡田克也幹事長と共産の小池晃書記局長が同席した。
　泉氏は政策ごとに賛同する野党が連携する「ミッション型内閣」構想を説明。「単独政権を目指すが、国民民主党などとの連立政権も想定している」と伝えた。この後、記者団に対し「共産は立民の政権には入らないと認識している」と語った。（2024/08/19-17:41）

The leaders of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Japanese Communist Party on Monday reaffirmed the need for cooperation in the next House of Representatives election.
   On the day, CDP leader Kenta Izumi and JCP leader Tomoko Tamura had a lunch meeting at Izumi's initiative, which was also attended by CDP Secretary-General Katsuya Okada and Akira Koike, head of the JCP's secretariat.
   Izumi and Tamura agreed that the next Lower House election will be an important opportunity to topple the Liberal Democratic Party-Komeito ruling coalition, according to sources familiar with the meeting.
   Izumi explained the idea of a mission-oriented cabinet in which current opposition parties would work together on a policy-by-policy basis. He told the JCP side that his party would primarily seek to win power on its own, but that it would also accept a coalition government with other parties including the Democratic Party for the People.
   Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Izumi said, "We assume that the JCP would not join a CDP-led government."