For me, dressing is always a question of principle, respect, a sense of order, not to disguise myself, even in rotten places.

Europe needs to develop a sense of collective history - we need to write books from a European perspective, to teach it in schools as well.

In general, Europeans need to get a wider perspective on the problem of Islamism. Even if the Israel-Palestine question were solved - and I think and hope that one day soon it will be - this wouldn't stop one person from becoming a terrorist.

When you believe in what you are doing, when you are seeking justice for the killing of Daniel Pearl, when you want to alert public opinion to the plight of the massacred people of Darfur, or in the recently martyred former Soviet republic Georgia, it makes more sense to use the media than to work in silence.

I would hope that Europe always has a privileged relationship with the United States. The alternatives are not attractive.

The euro is a great achievement. It's a symbolic achievement. But, the European constitution was a missed opportunity.

Even if it doesn't sound like it at first, that's an identity that Europe can go out into the world with and take a leading role.