1.   He was determined to form a broad coalition so that his parliamentary backing would match the sweeping electoral mandate he believed he had received.

2.   Or Scalfaro could appoint someone else who could try for parliamentary backing.

3.   In his first major test on the road to peace with Syria, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak won parliamentary backing for opening negotiations with Damascus.

4.   In gaining parliamentary backing, Santer made concessions to overcome criticism that some nominees were not suited for their posts.

5.   Most threatened is Netanyahu, who agreed to early elections earlier this week after he failed to get parliamentary backing for his hard-line peace policies.

6.   Most threatened is Netanyahu, who agreed to early elections this week after he failed to get parliamentary backing for his hard-line peace policies.

7.   The Israeli media stopped paying attention to Wye in late December, after Netanyahu failed to get parliamentary backing for his freeze on the process and called elections.

8.   He does not need parliamentary backing for such a freeze.

9.   He also said there would have been insufficient parliamentary backing for the government to tackle public finances and employment.

10.   However, Scalfaro refused to accept it and asked him to seek parliamentary backing to stay in power for the EU presidency.