81.   Analysts point out that the prospect of voters transferring from the far-right National Front to the socialist candidate is not as unlikely as it first seems.

82.   Animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot on Wednesday said she preferred Socialist candidate Lionel Jospin for president because he had met with her despite his busy schedule.

83.   As the favoured Socialist candidate, Delors is leading in the polls.

84.   Apart from Balladur, only socialist candidate Lionel Jospin and far-right maverick Philippe de Villiers have published details of their wealth.

85.   Aside from new elections, the president could theoretically appoint a new prime minister of his choosing, or find a new Socialist candidate for prime minister.

86.   As socialist candidate, Emmanuelli would be handicapped by his indictment for illegal funding of the party.

87.   But he refused to talk to journalists seeking reactions to his victory over socialist presidential candidate Lionel Jospin.

88.   Bulgarian President Zhelio Zhelev said late Friday that he would not be asking socialist candidate Nikolai Dobrev to form a new government on Saturday as planned.

89.   But in France, Germany and especially Spain, the success of socialist candidates is less certain.

90.   Delors, seen as the only electable socialist candidate to replace President Francois Mitterrand, left Balladur best-placed in opinion polls, but maybe not for long.