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.

Cinema explains American society. It's like a Western, with good guys and bad guys, where the weak don't have a place.

The driving force behind the liberal counter-offensive in Europe has been a reaction against irresponsibility.

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

Yes, the European model remains superior to that of America and Japan.

I would not be opposed to devising a new system of pensions, in which one part was based on collective provision, but which also gave incentives for people to take out an additional, personal plan.

We will have to create an avant-garde.... We could have a Union for the enlarged Europe, and a Federation for the avant-garde.