The general inflation situation and prospects are good.

We reiterate the Commission's support for the European candidate for this post. There is no suggestion that the Commission or anybody else is abandoning its support, in fact... there is unanimous support for the European candidate.

We are 20 months down the line from the ANC's largest electoral victory ever. It's unlikely that things would have changed dramatically in that period. It was potentially a bit of wishful thinking on the part of some parties and analysts.

Is committed to principles of freedom of expression and media, as we are sure is the Czech Government.

The president does not regret one word of his interview with Le Monde, which is very clear.

Its a hung council with either a coalition or a minority government with the ID holding the balance. We can expect some deal making in the next week.