The message from the ground was clear: We want elections.

He didn't want local elections held before the general election.

To the third question, whether voters wanted early elections for President, only 29 percent said yes, according to the poll.

It wants free elections for local government and at least half the jobs in the bureaucracy.

"The people want new elections, and he refuses to listen."

"It can be exploited by those who do not want elections and democracy."

But for once in Italy nobody appeared to really want early elections.

All the East German parties say they want free elections next year.

OK, so we want free elections, but what about Iraq's female majority?

"I want elections with all my heart," he told one journalist, smiling.