WASG, a labour union, with the predominantly eastern German Democratic Socialists, most of whom are ex-communists.

ECONOMIST: Germany

But for the Democratic Socialists it might mark a joyful turning-point.

ECONOMIST: Germany's ex-communists

Mr Djukanovic's Democratic Socialists have a fair chance of forming a majority coalition with smaller parties, including the Liberals and those representing ethnic Albanians and Muslims, who together are a fifth of the population.

ECONOMIST: Yugoslavia