However, such an outcome is preferable to getting into a fractious spat with the new French government at a time when French cooperation will be crucial in managing Europe's growing economic and political challenges as well as sustaining the military capacity of a viable Atlantic alliance.
France and Germany have the capability to forge a viable international alliance against ISIL as well as the Assad regime.
Benjamin Netanyahu's two-party alliance still has an edge though, and the Likud leader will now start discussions with other parties to see if he can establish a viable coalition.
"Despite continual efforts over the course of approximately two and a half years, no party except Fiat has emerged as a viable and willing alliance partner for us," Thomas LaSorda, a Chrysler vice chairman, said in a court affidavit.
Google is obviously serious about jump-starting Android and the Open Handset Alliance as viable mobile operating system.
But to become a viable party, Bütikofer recalled that Alliance 90 had to "cooperate with progressive movements in the business sector, where people are adapting to new ways of doing business by promoting energy or resource efficiency".
These long-distance (B to D) flights become even more viable with the growth of airline alliances like Star Alliance, SkyTeam, and oneworld, co-founded, respectively, by United, Delta, and American.
Mr. Mueller said he was uncertain that an alliance would be a viable alternative to a merger.
No party committed to business as usual is an attractive coalition partner; if that's what they want then a German-style red-blue alliance is the only viable option.
Mr Edwards told MPs on the Welsh affairs committee: "At the moment it's more viable for us to have an alliance with Bristol Airport to put on an international campaign because they have more routes coming into Bristol than into Cardiff.
