Former Communists in Hungary's Socialist Party are expected to form a coalition government despite being projected to win an absolute majority in parliament after Sunday's general election run-off vote, AFP reports from Budapest. The pro-reform Socialist Party of the former foreign minister Gyula Horn should seek to govern with the liberals in the Alliance of Free Democrats, the main opposition in the outgoing parliament.
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