I am a believer, but I affirm that in public buildings the law of the Republic overrides religious rules.

Obviously, there is diversity, but Europe is a union of diversity.

France has a very important relationship with Germany. But that does not mean that we agree about everything or that two of our universities or companies are not going to compete.

The Europe we are in the process of building is the Europe of the 21st century; it's not the Europe of the 20th century.

Let them be reassured, it has never been one of our intentions to ban religion in society, but solely to protect the national education system from any conspicuous display of religious affiliation.

A country like France now does two-thirds of its trade within the euro zone.

We would like UN resolutions to be enforced, including on Iraq.