51.   But Socialist leader Lionel Jospin said French forces were justified in seizing the Greenpeace ship.

52.   But Socialist leaders have been unable to say how the membership or policies of the new party would differ from the existing Socialist party.

53.   But Socialist party leaders said they would keep up protests and demanded the elections be annulled.

54.   But more important for the PSD, polls show Durao Barroso only one point behind opposition Socialist leader Antonio Guterres in a race for prime minister.

55.   But Socialist party leaders said they would keep up protests and demanded the elections be annuled.

56.   Earlier in the day, Socialist leader Nano stood in the same square and promised his supporters he would rid the country of Berisha.

57.   El Pais reported that Matutes had sought backing for the proposal from opposition Socialist party leader Joaquin Almunia in a meeting Friday.

58.   Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues, elected as new Socialist leader in January after Prime Minister Antonio Guterres quit, compared Durao Barroso to former British leader Margaret Thatcher.

59.   El Pais reported that Matutes sought backing for the Chilean idea from opposition Socialist party leader Joaquin Almunia in a meeting last Friday.

60.   El Mundo, a conservative Madrid daily, said in an editorial Monday that it was implausible that as Socialist leader, Gonzalez was unaware of its financing.