PM Topolánek wants to regain his post in the autumn

Outgoing Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek has said he hopes to regain his post after early elections in October. In an interview for the daily Pravo, Mr. Topolánek said he wanted to return to office and hoped his Civic Democrats would win enough votes to make a come-back. Topolánek's centre-right government fell in a no-confidence vote last month, halfway through the country’s European Union presidency. In the latest opinion poll from the CVVM agency Topolánek's Civic Democratic Party trailed the opposition Social Democrats 31.5 to 36.0 percent.