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.

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

I know where I'm going and I have told the French. I am sure if hope is there, we will be able to put France back on its feet to live better in five years than we do today.

My real adversary has no name, no face, no party. It will never be elected, yet it governs - the adversary is the world of finance.

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

I'm going to gather all the French people who want change.

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.