La coalición quiere gobernar.

Because coalición is a feminine noun in Spanish, so it takes the feminine singular article la.

• la coalición = the coalition
• una coalición = a coalition

A useful clue is that many nouns ending in -ción are feminine:

• la nación
• la organización
• la situación

So la coalición follows a very common pattern.

Quiere is the third person singular present tense of querer, which usually means to want.

Here it means:

• quiere = wants

So La coalición quiere... means The coalition wants...

Some present-tense forms of querer are:

• yo quiero = I want
• tú quieres = you want
• él / ella quiere = he / she wants
• la coalición quiere = the coalition wants

Because after querer, Spanish normally uses an infinitive.

So the structure is:

• querer + infinitive
• quiere gobernar = wants to govern

You do not conjugate the second verb here.

Compare:

• Quiero comer = I want to eat
• Quiere salir = He/She wants to leave
• La coalición quiere gobernar = The coalition wants to govern

So gobernar stays in the infinitive form.

Because in Spanish, after verbs like querer, the infinitive usually appears without a separate word meaning to.

English says:

• wants to govern

Spanish says:

• quiere gobernar

The to idea is already built into the infinitive gobernar when it follows quiere.

This is very common:

• quiero hablar = I want to speak
• quieren vivir aquí = They want to live here

It is in the present tense:

• quiere = present tense of querer
• gobernar = infinitive

A present tense like quiere can often mean different things depending on context:

• The coalition wants to govern
• The coalition is seeking to govern
• sometimes even The coalition intends to govern

But grammatically, the main verb is simply present tense.

In standard Spain Spanish, coalición is pronounced approximately:

• ko-a-li-THYON

A few pronunciation notes:

• co- sounds like koh
• a is pronounced clearly, so co-a- has two vowel sounds
• ci in Spain is usually pronounced like thy in many central/northern accents
• the stress is on the last syllable because of the written accent: -ción

So the stress is here:

• co-a-li-ción

In much of Latin America, ci would sound like s, so it would be closer to ko-a-li-SYON.

The accent mark shows where the stress falls:

• coalición → stress on the final syllable: -ción

Without getting too technical, Spanish spelling uses accent marks to show stress when a word does not follow the default stress pattern.

This accent is very common in nouns ending in -ción:

• nación
• formación
• coalición

It helps you know how to pronounce the word correctly.

Normally, no.

In Spanish, articles such as el, la, los, and las are used more often than the is in English. Here, la coalición is the normal and natural form.

So you would usually say:

• La coalición quiere gobernar.

Leaving out la would sound unnatural in a normal sentence unless you were using Coalición as some kind of title, label, or headline.

Yes, possibly.

The verb gobernar often means to govern, but depending on context it can also be translated as:

• to rule
• to be in government
• to govern the country

In a political sentence like this, to govern is usually the best neutral translation, but to rule may sometimes fit depending on tone and context.

Yes. It is a common word in politics.

A coalición is an alliance of political parties or groups that work together, often to form or support a government.

For example:

• un gobierno de coalición = a coalition government
• una coalición electoral = an electoral coalition

So this sentence sounds natural in political Spanish.

Yes, Spanish sometimes allows more flexible word order than English, but in this sentence the normal order is:

• La coalición quiere gobernar.

You might sometimes see different word order for emphasis or style, but this standard subject-verb-infinitive order is the most straightforward and neutral.

For a learner, this is the safest pattern to use.