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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.