I could have made a fortune in cheeseburgers, but I finally chose politics.

There cannot be prosperity without security.

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

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.

France, after the month of May, will share trust with the current leadership of the United States which, on many subjects, has tended to take useful positions in our view.

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

Between France and Senegal there's a history. There's a language that we both speak. There's a culture that we share and to which both of our peoples have contributed. But beyond our history, beyond our language, beyond the links that have united us for so long, what unites us today is the future.