We are near, very near, to an end to the eurozone crisis... The worst - in the sense of the fear of the eurozone breaking up - is over. But the best isn't there yet.

To be influential in tomorrow's world, to defend our values and our development model, France needs Europe and Europe needs France.

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.

I have defended the interests of France at the G8 in Washington; afterwards I was at Chicago to announce the withdrawal of French troops from Afghanistan; I have participated in two European summits, so I have fully respected the engagements I made to the French.

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.

I am proud to have been capable of giving people hope again.

That is now my mission: to provide a European vision of growth, employment, prosperity - in one word, our future.