Gordon Bajnai, Hungary's caretaker prime minister, has won plaudits abroad for his careful fiscal management (the budget deficit is now 4% of GDP, down from 9% in 2006).
Management at the ROH now expect that the deficit will be eradicated during the coming years as staff will be paying in more, increases to their pensionable salaries will be capped at 3% a year, and increases to pensions in payment will also be capped.
The requirement that banks must hold up to about a quarter of their deposits in government bonds was no longer denounced as a racket to help fund the budget deficit but instead hailed as an enlightened form of liquidity management.
He also blamed the downgrade on the economic management of previous governments and added that France was still committed to cutting its public deficit to 3% of output next year.
And the mission to overturn their first-leg 1-0 deficit was clouded somewhat with Albert Riera's attack on the club's management 24 hours before kick-off.
Fforwm said it wanted to work with the new management team at ELWa and was hopeful that the new funding and planning system would begin to address the funding deficit facing colleges.