The present invention provides a copolymer comprising repeating units
derived from (A) at least one fluoroalkyl (meth) acrylate represented by
the following general formula (I) or (II): ##STR00001## wherein, X.sup.1
represents --O-- or --NR.sup.3--; R.sup.1 represents --H or --CH.sub.3;
R.sup.3 represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl
group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted
cycloalkyl group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms, a substituted or
unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms or a substituted or
unsubstituted aralkyl group having 7 to 24 carbon atoms; R.sup.2
represents H or F; m is an integer ranging from 0 to 10; n is an integer
of 2 or 3; and o and p each represents an integer of 1 or 2, and (B) at
least one polyoxyalkylene group-containing ethylenically unsaturated
monomer, and also provides an image-forming composition, a presensitized
plate useful for preparing a lithographic printing plate, a paint
composition or a photo resist composition comprising the copolymer. The
fluoroaliphatic group-containing copolymer can provide a coating
composition capable of simultaneously satisfying the requirements for the
ability of a coating liquid to wet the base material and the uniform
coating ability upon the application of the liquid and the
post-processing aptitudes such as the re-coating ability of the coated
film and developing ability as well as the foaming ability of the coating
liquid.