Most-Hid, SMK discuss formation of coalition

The governing Most-Hid party and the extra-parliamentary ethnic Hungarian SMK party have not yet agreed on co-operation for next year's parliamentary elections, the parties said after their meeting on Monday, with Most-Hid coming to the talks with terms of co-operation, proposing an election coalition with SMK. "We brought conditions for how it would be appropriate and necessary to agree, we only discussed the possibility of a coalition. If this fails, we'll have to go into the election by ourselves," said Most-Hid vice-chair Abel Ravasz, stressing that the parties must respect each other's identity.