India is really curious case. Because of her sheer size it's quite unlike anything we can see anywhere in the world, even US with two party system or Russia with effectively one party rule (opposition there is only from moribund communists who have no real chance to rule again). India has multilayered and very complicated multiparty system where it is necessary to forge mammoth coalitions of 20 plus parties. That's why if EU is more coherent entity it will inevitably resemble India, I suspect that you will be able to see very strange combinations. Also European politicians will be forced to look for friends outside their borders, always keeping in mind that pan-European ambitions cannot be realized without complicated warren of ties across political spectrum. Just now I was watching debate in Buck stops here with Barkha Dutt, she was pressing her guests with new idea - to forge Congress plus Left alliance (essentially repeat of 2004) only dumping PM Manmohan Singh in the process because of his perceived pro-American policies. One journalist, Vir Sangvi, editor in chief of Hindustan Times thinks that Left and Congress had only two major disagreements - one was about liberalization, globalization and second is about ties with US. The first question is not in the focus anymore due to credit crunch and ongoing economic crisis. So only close ties with US remain to be apple of discord. Maybe someone else from Congress like foreign affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee who is known for his warren of ties with Communist leaders will replace Manmohan as PM. Because everybody in India expects hung parliament there are not so many available options much will depend on exact numbers of MP and their perceptions. All three-four existing coalitions will not be able to cross 272 mark. So what they will do? There are two alternatives - Congress will support third front government from outside and second is Left will support the Congress from outside. Everybody loves power and Vir Sangvi think that Congress loves power (and money) more than it loves its PM, so they will dump him, will find a guy suitable for Communists.