Brussels, 25/08/2004 (Agence Europe) - The president of the European Central Bank (ECB) Jean-Claude Trichet, affirmed on Wednesday (quoted by RTL) that despite the rise in oil prices they were not questioning their confident diagnostic in a gradual recover in Europe. He indicated that he did not see a need to revise their growth forecasts downwards for the Euro zone and added that they had confidence in their ability to get prices down next year to an inflation level of less than 2%. The former Governor of the Bank of France that they had to put their budget surpluses to the side in periods of robust growth, which was currently the case.