We will have to act like a serious efficient government with a small number of ministers.

This is a very delicate situation.

Putin asked us not to mention a single country in the G8 final document and we did that.

The government is vacillating because it is unable to find an agreement within the coalition for partisan reasons.

All told, I consider my constitution a child on the verge of death, from which you can transplant some organs into the Treaty of Nice.

The government cannot but judge extremely severely such criticisms, which are even more unacceptable coming from someone who holds an official position in another European Union country.