21.   But Congress failed to approve a mechanism for such voting -- a failure that opposition parties blamed on the governing Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI.

22.   Congress is close to finishing work for the year, a compromise remains out of reach and both parties blame each other for the inaction.

23.   In Macedonia, where relations are often strained between the ethnic Albanian minority and Macedonians, political parties blamed each other.

24.   Le Pen, whose party has blamed immigrants for high unemployment and urban violence, placed third in the last two presidential elections.

25.   Opposition parties blamed Major for the debacle, accusing him of weakness for not forcing local party associations to drop suspect candidates before the campaign started.

26.   Opposition parties have blamed the governing coalition for allowing organized crime to sneak into the government and security forces.

27.   Some political parties have blamed reforms for increasing rural poverty.

28.   The governing Socialist party blamed its rightist opponents for forcing a referendum on a reluctant electorate.

29.   The party blames immigrants for unemployment, delinquency and other social ills and wants all North Africans deported.

30.   The party blames immigrants, particularly from North Africa, for high unemployment and urban violence.