I'm going to gather all the French people who want change.

I attach the greatest importance to an amplification of the peace efforts in the Middle East. I would also like to see a greater dialogue between the U.S. and the EU.

I don't want to leave my successor and my children to pay for France's debt.

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.

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

Austerity need not be Europe's fate.

Germany and France are pinning their hopes on young people, in terms of education, science and innovation.