41.   Ecologists also oppose membership.

42.   Filibustering Finnish lawmakers who oppose EU membership and who have spoken almost non-stop since last Wednesday have managed to delay the ratification.

43.   Filibustering MPs, who oppose Finnish membership and who have spoken almost non-stop since last Wednesday, succeeded in their bid and managed to delay the ratification.

44.   The United States has opposed Chinese membership.

45.   While the government has long favoured Switzerland joining the EU, it was by and large its farmers who opposed membership of the European club of nations.

46.   Yeltsin has strongly opposed NATO membership for former eastern Bloc countries.

47.   Italian diplomats say Britain and France oppose Italian membership.

48.   Most Britons are resigned to joining the single European currency even though they oppose euro membership, opinion polls published on Sunday showed.

49.   Recent polls have indicated that a majority of Norwegians oppose membership.

50.   The bill instructs the administration to oppose Cuban membership of the World Bank or other international lending institutions and to prevent them from giving Cuba economic advice.