The group, whose leader is Rosy Bindi, basically includes Christian left politicians and social democrats.

I wish we could find some good honest Christian politicians, but I don't think there are any.

Christian politicians were unwilling to abolish or alter the system, however, and it was one of the factors in the 1975-1990 civil war.

The goal of the organisation was to get Christian politicians placed high up on the voting papers of the Swedish political parties.

I think that it is time for Christian politicians to stand up and be counted.

The group includes both Christian left politicians, social democrats and social liberals.

But similar language has been used recently by several Christian Democratic politicians.

A number of Christian politicians known to have close links with Syria did not withdraw from the race despite the Christian boycott.

"This is our worst crisis since independence in 1943," a prominent Christian Lebanese politician said.

Christian politicians have already begun to sketch out a map of a Maronite Christian-controlled state within the already fractured nation.