I gave myself an objective, to be the second president from Correze and finally to be the successor to Francois Mitterrand.

My mission is to put France back on its feet. The priority is employment. Efforts have to be made, but those efforts must be made fairly.

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

I would like a UK fully engaged in Europe, but I can't decide in place of the British. I see that for the moment they want to be more in retreat.

There are tensions abroad where people don't understand our attachment to the freedom of speech, we've seen the protests, and I would say that in France all beliefs are respected.

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

Mandela's message will never die. It will continue to inspire freedom fighters and give confidence to people who defend just causes and universal rights.