As noted earlier, President Arroyo's administration has generally continued such reforms despite opposition from vested interests and "nationalist" blocs.

Perhaps acting under pressure from the nationalist bloc in the Russian Parliament headed by Vladimir V. Zhirinovsky, the Russian Government has not yet accepted.

Both Plaid and the SNP are part of the European Free Alliance party in the European Parliament, a nationalist and regionalist bloc of parties.

Around 90,000 votes now separate the nationalist bloc from the non-nationalists in the electorate of 1.8 million, suggesting that this election has done little to heal a bitterly divided society.

He did not stop the formation of nationalist blocs in the three republics.

Members of this group form the backbone of the nationalist Likud bloc.

Mr. Zyuganov dreams of Soviet days gone by, and Parliament's nationalist bloc still fondly recalls the czars.

The Brazilian oil engineers' association threatened a lawsuit and the 132-member nationalist bloc in Congress discussed retaliatory action.

With Ms. Megawati as his Vice President, Mr. Wahid may win cooperation from her nationalist bloc.

The same has not been true for the nationalist Likud bloc, which first came to power in 1977.