Democrat Party secretary-general Suthep Thaugsuban (L) and Puea Pandin executive Rarnongrak Nuanchawee greet each other as members of five political parties and one faction gather to hold a meeting in Bangkok before announcing they formed a new coalition in hopes to create Thailand's next government on December 6, 2008. Thailand's opposition Democrat Party said on Saturday that several parties in he ruling coalition would switch sides and for a government with it, but it was far from clear that horse-trading had finished. [Agencies]