politics, ordinary spaniards feel the pain. and the french president says it was a mistake for greece to join the euro. first off, let s go straight to the european stock markets and see how they re faring at the minute. we re seeing a higher open and that in turn follows rallies on thursday after that crucial deal was reached at the eu summit in brussels. we ll bring you the numbers in a moment s time. first up, let s tell you what s making news across the region. in particular, it is the french president, mr. nicolas sarkozy. in an interview on thursday, sarkozy said allowing greece into the euro zone was, it seems, a mistake. greece ended with false economic figures. it was not ready to do so. sarkozy spoke with the chinese president, hu jintao on thursday to assess china s reaction to the eu deal. we had spanish jobless figures being released a few moments ago. what we know is the spanish jobless rate has risen to 21.52%. so 21.5% across this euro zone nation. this me