Ukraine ? Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko announced in parliament Thursday that she and other allies from Ukraine’s Orange Revolution had reunited as a majority coalition and would start forming a government.

The coalition of pro-Western reformers who aim to move the former Soviet republic out of Russia’s shadow formally was accepted after their names were read in parliament.

The parties will hold a 243-seat majority in the 450-member parliament. Their next task was to begin naming the Cabinet.

They have pledged to pursue the general reformist and pro-Western program adopted by President Viktor Yushchenko, who came to power after the Orange Revolution.