1.   In July the government majority fell to three on one vote but this narrow Margin produced better attendances on the government side.

2.   But his government majority was slim at the outset, and after narrowly surviving a no-confidence vote in December, it shrank even further.

3.   Prime Minister Jean Chretien, who heads the majority Liberal government, says he might cut taxes someday in the future, but not as a top priority.

4.   The U.K. Conservative government parliamentary majority will drop to just one if it loses the Staffordshire South East by-election, as expected.

5.   Within days, Communist Party leader Robert Hue responded that Jospin risked losing his government majority with such pro-business views.

6.   An opposition coalition of nationalists and pacifists had waged a campaign in recent weeks that eroded a comfortable government majority on the issue, according to pre-election polls.

7.   In Italy, part of the leftist parties have close ties to the PKK and the volatile government majority might split over Ocalan.

8.   Opposition parties win two seats, government majority down to one.

9.   The parliament earlier named five members, thus ensuring a government majority on the council.

10.   This change produces narrower government majorities, and leaves the ruling party and the mercy of its junior partners.