71.   French President Francois Mitterrand voted here Sunday for Socialist candidate Lionel Jospin to succeed him.

72.   French industrialist and deputy Bernard Tapie said Monday he was delighted with the appointment of former education minister Lionel Jospin as the socialist candidate for French presidential elections.

73.   Hollande said there was nothing else the socialist candidate could do to block the extreme right.

74.   In Dreux socialist candidates had withdrawn to back the Gaullist.

75.   In Dreux, socialist candidates had withdrawn to back the Gaullist.

76.   A series of opinion polls have placed him behind Balladur and the expected Socialist candidate Jacques Delors.

77.   A special party convention will be staged at the end of January formally to choose a socialist candidate.

78.   According to the press Barrionuevo is on the list of prospective socialist candidates.

79.   A surge in support for socialist candidate Lionel Jospin is eating away at the front-runner position of Prime Minister Edouard Balladur in upcoming presidential elections.

80.   According to press reports, Barrionuevo is on the list of prospective socialist candidates.