I am for a clear distinction between public and private life. I believe private matters should be regulated in private and I have asked those close to me to respect this.

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.

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.

We have chased away the clouds, the sky is all 'rose.'

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

That is now my mission: to provide a European vision of growth, employment, prosperity - in one word, our future.

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.