11.  Last week it appeared that Walesa might use the institute as a vehicle to organize a viable opposition from the fractured center and rightist political parties.

12.  Last week Megret gloated over the poor performance of the two main rightist parties in regional elections and cheerfully predicted more upheaval in the establishment.

13.  More alarming, in the view of many analysts, is the recent shift of extreme rightist parties from the periphery to the center of political debate.

14.  On Sunday, his carefully constructed coalition unravelled with surprising speed when three rightist parties bolted within hours and left him with a minority government in parliament.

15.  Some extreme rightist parties, like the National Front, have also campaigned aggressively against political elites and exploited popular disillusion with the European Union.

16.  Spokesmen for rightist parties are quick to agree.

17.  The coalition of rightist parties that won elections in April seems chastened by its past failures and has continued with reforms.

18.  The new government is a coalition of rightist parties, former communists and Hungarians.

19.  These moves, which are already being resisted by all the rightist parties in Israel, are aimed at pressuring Arafat to start preparing Palestinians for their tough compromise.

20.  To his supporters, he is a clever strategist who has built strength well beyond his small rightist party by defying ideological labels.