51.  His swing away from a European federal state is a bid for support from the powerful anti-federalists of his own conservative Gaullist party.

52.  In Britain, Prime Minister John Major faces an ongoing rebellion in his Conservative party.

53.  In an alliance with conservative Muslim parties, he could have the most votes.

54.  In fact, both the Conservative party and the Labor government have used inflammatory rhetoric in an effort to seize control over the debate on asylum.

55.  In contrast, the Republicans made no such appeal, and conservative party leaders were largely confined to the sidelines at the GOP convention.

56.  In some parts of southern and eastern France, the National Front outpolls all other conservative parties.

57.  It also said Clarke was under intense pressure from both his own officials and the Bank of England to resist Conservative party demands for tax cuts.

58.  Le Pen said that Haider demonstrated that far right parties could succeed if they could forge alliances with mainstream conservative parties.

59.  Many investors said the move was designed to win votes for the ruling Conservative party rather than revive the sluggish U.K. economy.

60.  Major submitted his resignation as leader of the ruling conservative party Thursday and said he would stand for re-election.