Irish PM 推定する/予想するd to say this week when he will 辞職する

By Padraic Halpin

DUBLIN, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Ireland's 大蔵大臣 said on Monday he 推定する/予想するs 総理大臣 Enda Kenny - who has already said he will not lead his party into an 選挙 予定 next year - to say on Wednesday when he will step 負かす/撃墜する.

With calls 増加するing for Kenny to (一定の)期間 out his 計画(する)s, his 広報担当者 said he would not comment until a 会合 of his 罰金 Gael party on Wednesday.

大蔵大臣 Michael Noonan said he assumed Kenny would 供給する a 時刻表/予定表 at the 会合.

Kenny, 首相 since 2011, leads a 少数,小数派 政府 that has become ますます 安定性のない and only 辛うじて 生き残るd a 投票(する) of no-信用/信任 last week over its 扱うing of a policing スキャンダル.

One of the two 最高の,を越す 競争相手s to take over the centre-権利 party said on Sunday that a new leader should be chosen after Kenny's trip to Washington for the 年次の 会合 with the U.S. 大統領,/社長 to 示す St. Patrick's Day on March 17.

"I think after that visit you will see, I hope, an 整然とした and やめる a quick 移行 to new leadership within 罰金 Gael," 住宅 大臣 Simon Coveney told 国家の 放送者 RTE.

Calls for such a 移行 that would を回避する a possible 投票(する) of no 信用/信任 in Kenny's leadership have gathered pace since support for the party 低迷d. 罰金 Gael fell to second place in an opinion 投票 on Sunday, eight points behind its main 競争相手 Fianna Fail.

Kenny's 政府, which 含むs a number of 独立した・無所属 国会議員s, relies on Fianna Fail to 棄権する in 重要な 投票(する)s to 治める/統治する.

Fianna Fail's leader 警告するd last week that the 協定 was under serious 緊張する and a frontbench 広報担当者 on Monday called on 罰金 Gael to 取引,協定 quickly with the leadership 問題/発行する.

Kenny, who has led his party since 2002, is 推定する/予想するd to を引き渡す to a much younger leader. The main 競争相手 other than 44-year old Coveney is 38-year-old Social 保護 Minster Leo Varadkar.

Once 是認するd by 議会, Ken ny's 後継者 would also lead Ireland's 交渉s within the European Union over Britain's 出発 from the European Union, a two-year 過程 予定 to begin at the end of next month.

Ireland is considered the EU economy most at 危険 from its 重要な 貿易(する)ing partner and 近づく 隣人's 決定/判定勝ち(する) to やめる the 圏. (Editing by コマドリ Pomeroy)

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