Even in Britain, the trade unions tell me that employment contracts have less protection than in the past.

My presidential victory, if it had happened, would have been artificial in relation to the Socialist party. It may be that on my deathbed, I will come to regret my decision, but for the moment, I live at peace with it.

Any union that can't accept workers choosing their own representatives through universal franchise is finished.

For me, socialism has always been about liberty and solidarity, but also about responsibility.

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

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

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.