Stricter standards applied to those who influence impressionable young people.

If the French vote 'no,' most analysts believe it would destroy any possibility of Chirac standing again for the presidency in 2007.

Were very much trying to present themselves as reluctant warriors. They were very much reacting to demonstrations of public opinion.

Lawmakers say that if the Hutton inquiry finds the government guilty of sharp practice in helping the media identify Dr. Kelly, then the beleaguered Hoon may have to fall on his sword.

Performance of great defiance and passion.

There's a lot of breast thumping as leaders take up their negotiation positions, and certainly Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder have indicated that this summit could turn into a real standoff.

He did not say how people are going to change the technocrats who seem to be running French politics, who have alienated the people and who have gained Le Pen his temporary success.

Both sides know that with stock markets everywhere in free fall it is hardly the time to spark an all-out trade war.

But one thing he didn't address, having raised in his speech the suggestion that politics in France had to change, he didn't have anything to suggest how the political system should change.