I tell fundamentalists that there is no question of them attacking our Republic's foundations.

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.

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

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.

The Republic is open and tolerant but also knows how and when to be firm and make its values respected.

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.