Up to now, the Reform stand has been that there are no means to carry out the main soc dem proposals. As also confirmed by Soc Dems chairman Jevgeni Ossinovski, talks on what’s weightiest are yet ahead.
Reform’s unwillingness to give way and the growing discontent among soc dems has created a situation where Mr Ossinovski is meeting with representatives of various parties and all political forces are thinking about forming a new coalition.
«At the moment, all parties are ready to form a coalition, there is a mutual testing of limits going on, and all meetings between the parties are such as should have been before the elections,» said Centre faction vice chairman Mailis Reps after a meeting with soc dems.
Ms Reps said Centre and Soc Dems share similar principles and the Centrists are willing to also talk to Mr Ossinovski over forming a coalition, if necessary. «It’s all for Jevgeni to decide. At the last meeting, we tried to understand what exactly it is that he wants, and what are his ambitions,» said Ms Reps. «Possibly, Mr Ossinovski is trying to find clarity in himself about if he’d have something to gain for himself in some other coalition,» she said, adding that thus far nothing has been discussed on coalition talks level.