Nothing was given to me, nothing was entrusted to me, nothing was assigned to me. Everything I have, I took by right.

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

My obligation, if I become president, is to give another direction to Europe than the one that is being forced upon us today.

My adversary is the world of finance.

I attach the greatest importance to an amplification of the peace efforts in the Middle East. I would also like to see a greater dialogue between the U.S. and the EU.

I won't wait until the end of my term to say I made mistakes at the beginning. That's too late. I will try to adopt the proper behaviour, if the French give me the chance, right from the start.

We find ourselves in a difficult situation in Europe. There's a crisis, weak growth, unemployment... my duty is to ensure that by the end of my mandate France is in a better state than it was at the beginning.