The European model is in danger if we obliterate the principle of personal responsibility.

Contrary to what people say, my wife never turned me away from the presidency. She told me to reflect on it and do what I wanted.

The unions still have a job to do, representing their members' interests to governments and parliaments. And I think collective agreements still have a role, alongside markets and laws.

We have to struggle against the conservatives from all sides, not only the right-wingers, but also the left-wing conservatives who don't want to change anything.

This weakening is worsened by the widening distance between the governed and their governments.

I cannot resign myself to the decline of Europe, and of France.

This desire for equity must not lead to an excess of welfare, where nobody is responsible for anything.