It is not through any combinations of politicians that the outcome of an electoral campaign is decided.

China protects the Chinese, America protects the Americans, I don't see why Europe should not protect the Europeans.

Everything that could produce a clash between the Arab world and the West seemed dangerous to me.

I would like to tell our American, British and Spanish friends that the Iraqi crisis is not a problem between the United States and France, but between those who want to move forward in the logic of war and the international community.

In the last few days, I have been the victim of a campaign of slander and shameful lies, a campaign which has deeply shocked and hurt me. Enough is enough.

I think that economic patriotism is the very foundation of a European vision.

The principal achievement of Europe is peace, which we often forget about as it has become so taken for granted by Europeans.