The prime minister now finds himself in the difficult position of trying to shore up right-wing backing ahead of the next general election in 2015, while trying to maintain his own affinity for more left-wing causes.
Coalition talks have begun in Israel after near-complete general election results gave right-wing and centre-left blocs 60 seats each in parliament.
And both were front-runners to take over the party's leadership after its then leader, Achille Ochetto, lost the 1994 general election to a right-wing tycoon, Silvio Berlusconi.
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Ms Medwick reports that General Franco, Spain's right-wing dictator from 1936 to 1975, kept Teresa's left hand beside him until his death.
After a second round of voting on May 24th, a right-wing alliance emerged as the winner of Hungary 's general election, defeating the Socialist-led coalition that has reigned for the past four years.
Ireland's right-wing nationalist party, Fianna Fail, led by Bertie Ahern, won a general election, beating the moderate-conservative Fine Gael, led by the outgoing prime minister, John Bruton.
Mr Sharon went on to become leader of the right-wing Likud Party in opposition after Mr Netanyahu's decisive defeat in the 1999 general election.
The right-wing parties have also pulled back from earlier declarations of support for official efforts to obtain General Pinochet's release: not enough, they now say, demanding that President Eduardo Frei send a delegation headed by Chile's foreign minister to London.
Some factors to look out for: the country's general election, which is likely to see a change in government to the right-wing Conservative party, and more pressure to reduce the U.K.'s budget deficit, potentially leading to higher interest rates.
Sweden's ruling Social Democrats, led by the prime minister, Goran Persson, easily won a general election, scoring nearly 40% of the votes against 15% for the main right-wing party, the Moderates.
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