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

If I become president, France will not continue with the same policies as under Nicolas Sarkozy - both in domestic policy and in foreign and European policy.

The German-French friendship is indispensable for Europe. And I will never let myself be carried away to making statements that would change it.

My adversary is the world of finance.

What the French want is coherence, stability and justice. If I am in a favorable position today, it's because my fellow citizens want to make the effort to straighten out the country, and at the same time they want it to be just and equitable.

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

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