| Cabinet talks still in progress |
| 10 May 2007 | 09:47 -> 17:32
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Four days before the deadline for forrmation of a new government, so-called democratic bloc parties are still negotiating a deal.
 | Deadline draws near. Vojislav Koštunica, Boris Tadić (FoNet)
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B92 has learnt that negotiations over the new government amongst “democratic bloc” parties - the Democratic Party (DS) and the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) - are still in progress, even though there have been no visible results.
The daily Blic reports that DS and DSS leaders, Boris Tadić and Vojislav Koštunica will meet Thursday in a last attempt to reach the deal on a reformist government.
The daily quoted its sources from the DS as saying that the DSS is set to make a final offer that the Democrats cannot possibly accept.
“The idea is to table an offer that the DS cannot accept and then blame the ultimate failure of talks on the Democrats,” the unnamed DS official said, adding that Koštunica backed Tomislav Nikolić’s candidacy so as to make room for their possible coalition following new elections.
Meanwhile, the Democrats supposedly scheduled the Senior Council meeting for this weekend.
Serb Radical Party (SRS) secretary general Aleksandar Vučić reportedly boarded a plane headed for Amsterdam so as to visit party president Vojislav Šešelj in the Hague detention unit.
However, SRS deputy leader Tomislav Nikolić denied the statement that Vučić went to meet Šešelj in order to discuss the SRS position over the new Serbian government.
Nikolić: Radicals won't enter government
SRS deputy president Tomislav Nikolić has said that his party will not enter any government deals with other parties, nor offer its support to the DSS-NS minority government.
Commenting on “democratic bloc” parties’ efforts to finalize cabinet talks, Nikolić said he was aware that the DS and DSS picked up negotiations.
“Only God knows whether Tadić and Koštunica would reach a cabinet deal,” he remarked.
He also said he would hand in his resignation the moment the parliamentary majority of at least 126 lawmakers signed such a request.
Nikolić also mentioned that he heard from the prime minister Wednesday evening.
“Košrunica informed me that the state negotiating team for Kosovo would not be able to submit its report to the Parliament by May 14,” he explained.
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