HSS TO START TALKS ON POSSIBLE COALITION WITH HDZ ON WEDNESDAY

ZAGREB, Nov 25 (Hina) - Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) spokeswoman Marijana Petir told reporters on Tuesday that HSS leader Zlatko Tomcic would on Wednesday start talks with the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) leader Ivo Sanader on a possible coalition. #L# Tomcic will present three conditions for a possible coalition - change of the economic policy, the establishment of a government of experts, and a stronger parliament, Petir told reporters while the HSS presidency was in session behind closed doors. The HSS presidency today discussed its election results, with which it is not satisfied. Petir said the party presidency today did not discuss a possible coalition with the HDZ, nor did it adopt starting points for negotiations because it had already defined conditions for its joining a coalition government. Asked whether the HSS would form a coalition with the HDZ if Sanader accepted the HSS' conditions, Petir said this was a hypothetical question and the party did not discuss it. She said that she did not know that Tomcic would meet Social Democrat leader Ivica Racan tomorrow as well. Petir said that the HSS presidency would also analyse elections as a whole, including their financial aspect, and present its conclusions to the public. (hina) rml sb