Interesting, so why negotiate a grand coalition? Regions needs BYuT to make a coalition work, but why would BYuT want to work in a such coalition and not in a Regions-BYuT coalition? Since the Communists share the same view as Regions on Nato and the Russian language, why would BYuT agree to join a coalition with these two in it? Perhaps this is a scare tactic, make the president feel threatened by the possibility of a large coalition made up of parties that have already voted together on several key issues. Or an electoral ploy perhaps to make Regions look more conciliatory?
New Coalition? Doubtful
The Party of Regions, according to Ukrainska Pravda, is tying to organize a new grand coalition that would include all parties except Nasha Ukraine. Viktor Yanukovich said that the Regions leadership approved negotiation and that the parties have started exchanging notes. The Regions leader also mentioned that he was not conformable with a BYuT-Regions party even though he indicated that it would be possible if the two sides agreed on key principles like Nato and the status of the Russian language, but claimed that the chances are low for a BYuT-Regions coalition.
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