Unlike Germany, we will also have separatist nationalist parties to complicate matters still more, and we will still have a first-past-the-post electoral system to empower the unified centre right.
Iñigo Urkullu, of the Basque Nationalist party, was appointed regional prime minister and looked likely to head a minority government that will also need the support of separatists.
This week it was reported that Xanana Gusmao, the leader of East Timor's resistance, currently being held under house arrest, will be released after the referendum.The winners will also have to deal with other separatists' demands in provinces such as Aceh and Irian Jaya.
"With respect to the ceasefire agreement, obviously we are hopeful but based on past experience also skeptical that in fact the separatists will follow through and the Russians will stop violating Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
"With respect to the ceasefire agreement, obviously we are hopeful but based on past experience also skeptical that in fact the separatists will follow through and the Russians will stop violating Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Ukraine's decision will also affect the future of the separatist, Russian-financed region of Transdniestria.
Mr. Aquino will also face a communist insurgency, an Islamist separatist movement, terrorism and a human rights situation that rights groups have compared to the abuses of the Marcos years.
European officials will also look into the possible designation of separatist groups such as the Donetsk People's Republic as terrorist organisations, if it was determined they were involved in the shooting down of MH17.
Nato officials still hope that the Russian-backed separatists will draw down their assaults following the capture of the strategic hub of Debaltseve, but they also express apprehension that another flashpoint may end the truce.
The Spanish government will also come under immediate pressure to legalise the Batasuna party and other separatist organisations that were banned for being Eta fronts.
