I'm not a lukewarm European. I know that the German-French friendship is indispensable, no matter who the countries' leaders are.

There cannot be prosperity without security.

What the French want is coherence, stability and justice. If I am in a favorable position today, it's because my fellow citizens want to make the effort to straighten out the country, and at the same time they want it to be just and equitable.

Today, Paris is the capital of the world.

Europe needs an engine, and the Franco-German motor has provided that when the two nations have converged on important topics during critical periods. But that partnership shouldn't be a directorate for other EU members.

If I become president, France will not continue with the same policies as under Nicolas Sarkozy - both in domestic policy and in foreign and European policy.

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