France, after the month of May, will share trust with the current leadership of the United States which, on many subjects, has tended to take useful positions in our view.

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

Nicolas Sarkozy said he could see a wave rising. For once he was right. The wave's coming; it's high, its strong, and it's going to smack him in the face.

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.

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

I want to initiate a change in society in the long term.

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