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.

What is at stake is preserving our relations with the United States. They should not be changed because of what has happened. But trust has to be restored and reinforced.

I perfectly understood President Obama's attitude throughout the French presidential campaign. He had no reason to distance himself from Nicolas Sarkozy. It's the basic solidarity that leaders who worked together owe to each other.

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

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.

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

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