The European model is, first, a social and economic system founded on the role of the market, for no computer in the world can process information better than the market.

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

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 problem with a purely collective system is not only that it requires economic growth, and the right sort of demographic trends, but that it prevents people thinking about their futures in a responsible way.

The European model is, first, a social and economic system founded on the role of the market, for no computer in the world can process information better than the market.

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.

If you don't have collective agreements between unions and employers, governments have to legislate more.