1.  The clearest characteristic of the parliamentary party was its strongly regional base.

2.  The latter was essentially isolated within the Conservative parliamentary party.

3.  The right-wing populist Progress Party is the only one of the eight parliamentary parties opposed to the treaty.

4.  There were also increasingly visible divisions within the parliamentary party itself.

5.  In other CDU changes at the same time Interior Minister Wolfgang Schuble was appointed leader of the parliamentary party.

6.  The pact had the support of most sectors including the parliamentary parties, the trade unions and employers.

7.  The DNSF, the party of President Iliescu, had become the largest parliamentary party in the September elections.

8.  First, the outgoing Prime Minister would inform the Queen and his parliamentary party of his illness and desire to resign.

9.  A majority of both the Conservative and Labour parliamentary parties prefer the first-past-the-post method of election.

10.  Another is also believed to be contemplating withdrawing from the discipline of the parliamentary party.