There is a true weakness in American thought today: their incapacity to be interested in the intelligence of evil.

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.

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

God is dead but my hair is perfect.

If you trace the history of Islamist terrorism, you see that its founders were great admirers of European fascism. They read the texts of European fascism, they quoted them in speeches and letters. This is not from the Koran - the Koran doesn't teach you how to repress people; there's nothing in there about women having to cover their faces, there's certainly nothing about suicide bombing.

It's true that in France there is always this ridiculous complex about money. Money is cursed, shameful, money disqualifies you . . . In America, even though it is a Protestant country, it's the opposite.

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