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

Today, Paris is the capital of the world.

Germany and France are pinning their hopes on young people, in terms of education, science and innovation.

We are a big country, with lots of advantages and history. We are proud to be French. We have to call on patriotism at this time... to ask for an effort in the battle against debt.

A large country with such outstanding economic performance as Germany cannot forget that it owes some of its success to demand from other European countries.

Everyone says Francois Mitterrand had huge charisma. But before he was president they used to call him badly dressed, old, archaic and say he knew nothing about the economy until the day he was elected. It's called universal suffrage. When you're elected, you become the person that embodies France.

I don't want to leave my successor and my children to pay for France's debt.