Many in Mr Rajoy's centre-right People's Party will be pleased about the news, says the BBC's Tom Burridge in Madrid.
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On March 25th Mr Rajoy's centre-right People's Party (PP) confounded the opinion polls by failing to wrest control of Andalusia, Spain's biggest region, from the Socialists.
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Moreover, the row comes just a few weeks after the bishops enraged many Spaniards on the left by making it plain that devout Catholics should vote for Jose Maria Aznar's centre-right People's Party.
However a pact between CiU - Mr Mas's centre-right nationalist coalition - and Esquerra Republicana will not be easy.
Jean-Pierre Raffarin, France's centre-right prime minister, had originally decided to sacrifice this public holiday after the summer canicule (heatwave) in 2003, in which 15, 000 people died, many of them elderly.
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But neither player could prevent Park Chu-young spurning another great chance to extend South Korea's lead in the 63rd minute when Cho-Doo-ri's perfect right-wing cross found the striker unmarked on eight yards, but his firm header flew over a relieved Tzoras's crossbar.
Mr Ruggiero, one of the strongest pro-European voices in Mr Berlusconi's centre-right team, strongly criticised his cabinet colleagues last Thursday, for negative attitudes towards the European Union.
That was the line Downing Street was briefing right up until prime minister's questions - right up until the prime minister himself intervened - and told the Commons there would in fact be a free vote.
But the boat's not forgotten--it's docked right out back--so he can still take trips at a moment's notice.
Sweden's centre-right leader, Fredrik Reinfeldt, is reluctant to be seen attacking his country's generous social model by trimming benefits, pay and pensions.
An editorial by Pierre Rousselin in France's centre-right Le Figaro suggests that the events in Algeria provide additional justification for France's intervention in Mali.
Austria's far-right Freedom Party has seen its support halved in a regional poll in the country's largest province.
Exit polls suggest the centre-left has won a lower house majority, while early count data gave Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right the lead in the Senate.
As voting day approaches, Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right House of Liberties coalition is maintaining a clear lead in opinion polls over Francesco Rutelli's centre-left Olive Tree Alliance.
But the key battle could prove to be that between the sober and professorial Mr Monti and Mr Berlusconi, the 76-year-old billionaire media mogul, as they effectively challenge each other for leadership of Italy's centre-right.
Let me -- it's a woman's turn, so -- all right, how about -- she's jumping up and down right here.
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Derek Lyle then saw a curling effort drift past Ma-Kalambay's right-hand post before James McArthur's shot was deflected wide.
He's a right-back playing right midfield and it goes to show the manager has been brave enough to put a young player in.
But I also remind them that if we keep showing up, which is the only thing you can do in life is wake up and keep showing up, if we keep fighting the good fight and doing in our hearts what we know is right -- see because we know what's right -- then eventually we get there, we always do.
Mr Kenny's centre-right Fine Gael won 76 seats and Labour 37 in the 166-member parliament.
Under HCA's do-right bureaucracy, its board boasts an ethics and compliance committee of independent directors.
Mr Fox's centre-right party is widely seen to represent the face of modern Mexican business.
Many voters took heed, helping Mr Kohl's centre-right coalition, against expectations, to a narrow victory.
In its five years in power Denmark's centre-right government has presided over a boom.
Mr Kohl's centre-right coalition, including the Free Democrats (liberals), trails with close to 40%.
The bloc has ruled out an alliance with Mr Berlusconi's centre-right alliance, which finished a close second.
Mr Sikorski's centre-right Law and Justice party tries to appeal to both camps.
Mrs Merkel's centre-right Christian Democrats met their junior partners on Sunday after the ethics panel had delivered its conclusions.
Mr Berlusconi's centre-right coalition is the second biggest bloc in the upper house.
Frederico Monteiro, its spokesman, claims support from congressmen within Mr Cardoso's centre-right coalition.
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