If a coalition emerges from these discussions, Turkey will be a part of it".
At the same time, there is a policy coalition emerging between environmentalists and government staff that is advocating for nonpoint source water pollution regulation.
And although he doesn't foresee a new coalition emerging, he predicts that any future coalition deals might well have to involve three or more parties.
"Just because there's a potentially dominant coalition emerging, one that has a secure vote and demographic foundation, doesn't mean it's going to win every election".
Just because there's a potentially dominant coalition emerging, one that has a secure demographic foundation, doesn't mean it's going to win every election.
Whoever leads the ÖVP will recognise that a grand coalition remains the most viable option for the SPÖ, and therefore that the ÖVP will have significant negotiating power.Should Mr Molterer decide to stay on, this could increase the chances of a centre-right coalition emerging, comprising the ÖVP, FPÖ and BZÖ.
There is much counting still to do and much negotiating before any coalition emerges.
The day after the election the dispirited yellows pulled down their sprawling protest camp in the government district and melted away.A close result, many feared, would have plunged the parties into weeks of messy horse-trading, with a weak and unstable coalition emerging at the end of it rather like Mr Abhisit's government.
There were street protests, and a broad coalition emerged, called the Coördinator for the Defense of Water and Life, or simply La Coordinadora, led by Óscar Olivera.
He denies reports that he wants the foreign ministry if a Red-Green coalition emerges next September, but gives every sign of practising for the job.Bit by bit the Greens have become a party yuppies are willing to vote for and which industrialists (especially those in the ever more lucrative environmental technology business) like talking to.
