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.

As a president I will be like the candidate that I am, a respectful candidate, a rallying candidate, a normal candidate for a normal presidency, at the service of the Republic.

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

Each country has a soul, and France's soul is equality.

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.

Austerity need not be Europe's fate.

France is the bridge between northern Europe and southern Europe. I refuse any division. If Europe has been reunified, it's not for it to then fall into egotism or 'each for one's own'. Our duty is to set common rules around the principles of responsibility and solidarity.