In front of you I commit myself to serve my country with devotion.

Everyone says Francois Mitterrand had huge charisma. But before he was president they used to call him badly dressed, old, archaic and say he knew nothing about the economy until the day he was elected. It's called universal suffrage. When you're elected, you become the person that embodies France.

There's always a risk when the candidate becomes president: Will he deliver what is expected of him?

I am the president of the youth of France.

My mission is to put France back on its feet. The priority is employment. Efforts have to be made, but those efforts must be made fairly.

I don't like indecent, unearned wealth. But it is legitimate for an entrepreneur who has created something to make a good living.

I think that France has not made it clear enough recently to our German friends how important it is to introduce euro bonds as a tool against speculation. And how the necessary budget discipline needs to be accompanied by growth.