Socialist prime ministerial candidate Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (L) claps as he talks to former Spanish Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez during a political conference of their party in Madrid January 17, 2004. Spain's centre-right ruling party has widened its lead in a Gallup survey released two months ahead of general elections. Opposition leader Zapatero received a disapproval rating of 50 percent, twice his favourable rating. REUTERS/Andrea Comas AC/ACM