11.   Kohl trails the opposition in opinion polls.

12.   Kohl has been trailing the opposition Social Democrats, who accuse him of not doing enough to put Germans back to work.

13.   Kohl, who is trailing the opposition Social Democrats ahead of September elections, is eager to make the EU an election issue.

14.   The governing Social Democratic Party is trailing the opposition Socialists in opinion polls.

15.   The Tories are trailing the opposition Labour Party in polls.

16.   It now trails the opposition Barbados Labour Party by eight points, according to a poll by the University of the West Indies.

17.   Recent opinion polls show Prime Minister Costas Simitis trailing the opposition by up to seven points, despite the latest national statistics showing strong economic growth.