Jill Evans MEP, Vice President of Plaid Cymru, has declared her opposition to the proposed coalition between Plaid, the Tories and the Liberal Democrats in the National Assembly.
"I have direct experience, both of negotiating to form political groups in the European Parliament and of the way coalitions are formed in other European countries. Successful coalitions can be formed between like minded parties with shared values and principles. By no stretch of the imagination are Plaid and the Tories "like minded". On the contrary, we are at opposite ends of the political spectrum.
"In the past weeks I have made my opposition known to the Executive, to Ieuan Wyn Jones and to the members of the Assembly group. I now feel it is important for those of us who see the dangers in this course of action to make those views known to the party members. It is the members who will decide on Saturday and I will be urging them to reject coalition.
"There will be no pot of gold at the end of this rainbow."
