I think that the proposed constitution is one of the European legal documents with the strongest social dimension I have seen since I began following European issues.

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.

We must stress that the euro has been beneficial to the European Union because, otherwise, in this context of international turmoil, every country would have to devalue their currencies.

It's important to show that, while authorizing the demonstrations and promoting diversity of opinion, the Republic can't allow itself to be undermined from within.

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.

Prohibiting a visible religious sign, which isn't a manifestation of militancy, would look like a fight against religions.

It's true that the question of Iraq divided Europe.