FILE PHOTO: Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon attends the session to elect Scotland's First Minister at Holyrood, at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain May 18, 2021. Jane Barlow/Pool via REUTERS
LONDON (Reuters) - Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she was in talks with the Scottish Green Party to form a coalition that would cement a pro-independence majority in the devolved parliament ahead of a political fight the future of the United Kingdom.
Sturgeon, the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), said she had held discussions with the Greens, who have promised to support a second independence referendum, at her official residence on Tuesday.
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