Humza Yousaf has called an exigency Cabinet league arsenic the SNP's conjugation with the Greens astatine Holyrood teeters connected the brink.
The Scottish First Minister has called the gathering amid speculation the power-sharing Bute House Agreement is astir to crumble.
Tensions person been rising betwixt the 2 parties implicit the government's attack to trans rights, portion Net Zero targets were watered down past week.
It prompted the Greens to telephone a ballot connected collapsing the 2021 woody which saw its co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater handed inferior government jobs.
They reportedly near Bute House, the FM's Edinburgh residence, earlier the gathering started.
Mr Yousaf has been accused of moving a 'zombie government' portion helium waits to find retired if the Greens volition propulsion the plug connected the deal. But helium present appears to person decided to propulsion the plug first, with his ain backbenchers saying capable is enough.
Without it the SNP would request to run arsenic a number medication astatine Holyrood.
Humza Yousaf has called the gathering amid speculation the power-sharing statement is astir to crumble.
Scottish Greens person Patrick Harvie (pictured with co-leader Lorna Slater) has said helium would measurement down if his enactment votes to permission government
Concerns were raised yesterday that the authorities volition beryllium successful a authorities of 'paralysis' until Green enactment members determine if they should scrap the Bute House Agreement.
The First Minister has been nether increasing unit from wrong his enactment to let SNP members a ballot connected the issue, up of Green activists having their accidental adjacent month.
Opponents raised concerns astir the interaction the vacuum volition person connected Mr Yousaf's administration.
The Bute House Agreement, which was voted for by members of some parties successful August 2021, brought Greens into authorities for the archetypal clip anyplace successful the UK, and gave the SNP a bulk successful the Scottish Parliament erstwhile its votes determination were combined with those of the 7 Green MSPs.
The Greens were angered erstwhile the Scottish Net Zero Secretary Mairi McAllan announced past week the Scottish Government was to ditch a cardinal clime alteration target.
That, combined with the determination to intermission the usage of puberty blockers for caller patients attending the lone Scottish sex individuality session for children successful Glasgow, resulted successful the Greens saying past week that they would person a ballot connected the aboriginal of the power-sharing deal.
That ballot is expected to instrumentality spot aboriginal connected successful May - but it present appears the SNP could extremity the Bute House Agreement earlier that.
The deal, which was signed successful 2021 and is named aft the authoritative residence of the Scottish First Minister successful Edinburgh, brought the Green Party into authorities for the archetypal clip anyplace successful the UK.
High-profile figures successful the SNP, specified arsenic erstwhile enactment campaigner Kate Forbes and enactment stalwart Fergus Ewing, person antecedently called for the woody to beryllium ended.
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