To me, it's important to preserve proximity to the people. I wouldn't do anything pretentious, and nothing that hurts the people who voted for me. Triumphalism isn't my thing.

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

In front of you I commit myself to serve my country with devotion.

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

My adversary is the world of finance.

I don't want to drive the markets crazy. I don't want to create trouble, but rather order and rules and norms. We have to struggle against financial excesses, those who speculate with sovereign debt, those who develop financial products which have done so much harm.

We find ourselves in a difficult situation in Europe. There's a crisis, weak growth, unemployment... my duty is to ensure that by the end of my mandate France is in a better state than it was at the beginning.