11.   His first austerity programme, announced the following month, sparked a wave of protests and strikes in Hungary.

12.   Both growth and inflation were immediately reined in when authorities imposed an economic austerity programme last July.

13.   When Chiluba took over power he adopted a western-backed austerity economic reform programme, which among other things aimed at getting rid of loss-making parastatals.

14.   Presidential allies warned, however, of the need to stick to the austerity programme.

15.   Romania is suffering under an austerity programme aimed at modernising its struggling economy.

16.   The Chancellor said he believed the austerity programme approved by his government in February had been misunderstood by the SPO and its electorate.