91.   Delors, tipped as a possible Socialist candidate in the French presidential election to be held early next year, warned his compatriots against navel-gazing.

92.   The president could theoretically appoint a new prime minister of his choosing, or find a new Socialist candidate for prime minister rather than call early elections.

93.   The Socialist candidate for the French presidency, Lionel Jospin, for the first time out-distanced front-runner Prime Minister Edouard Balladur in a public opinion released on Tuesday.

94.   The socialist candidate reaffirmed that if elected in run-off ballots next Sunday he would immediately call a referendum on changing the constitution to cut the mandate to five years.

95.   Their votes would thus benefit the Socialist candidate as early as the first round of voting.

96.   These would be exactly the constituencies where a socialist candidate would traditionally aspire to garner votes.

97.   They vowed to introduce a quota system to make women at least a third of socialist candidates.

98.   Until now, the socialist candidate had refused to take part in the debate because the subsequent blackout would block off any reactions to the discussion.

99.   Voters decide next Sunday whether Chirac or socialist candidate Lionel Jospin will succeed outgoing socialist President Francois Mitterrand.

100.   Jospin was adopted as the Socialist party candidate on Sunday.