I believe that transatlantic relations are very important and that President Bush's visit to Brussels, in a few days, will have a major impact on that.

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

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.

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

The United States, for a French citizen, is a friend, an ally, to whom we owe, along with most Europeans, our freedom.

Europe started out with six countries; three small countries and three large countries.

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.