My dear citizens, fellow citizens, French people, this 6th of May, have just chosen change by bringing me the presidency of the French republic. I feel the honor, which has been given to me and the task, the important task faced beyond - in front of you to serve my country.

To me, it's important to preserve proximity to the people. I wouldn't do anything pretentious, and nothing that hurts the people who voted for me. Triumphalism isn't my thing.

I gave myself an objective, to be the second president from Correze and finally to be the successor to Francois Mitterrand.

Symbols mean a lot in politics. They indicate a will and create new realities.

I am proud to have been capable of giving people hope again.

An education program is, by definition, a societal program. Work should be done at school, rather than at home.

If we don't manage to find not just a compromise but a lasting peace agreement, we know perfectly well what the scenario will be. It has a name, it's called war.