In January, he suggested that the party he led from 2001-2004 should abandon the ideology of social democracy, join the EPP and merge with its coalition partner, the NLP.
On je u januaru ukazao da bi stranka, na čijem se čelu nalazio od 2001. do 2004. godine, trebalo da odbaci ideologiju socijaldemokratije, pristupi EPP-u i ujedini se sa svojim koalicionim partnerom NLP-om.