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

Not in the constitution, but I would propose a law to the French parliament that provides for reducing the budget deficit year by year, until we have reached a balanced budget by 2017.

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.

I would like a UK fully engaged in Europe, but I can't decide in place of the British. I see that for the moment they want to be more in retreat.

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.

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

Terrorism fuels itself from all kinds of illicit trafficking: drugs, weapons, human beings.