The Republic is open and tolerant but also knows how and when to be firm and make its values respected.
What's very important is that we build a space that matters in the world, one that operates according to democratic rules, and that small and large countries enjoy a good relationship.
A country like France now does two-thirds of its trade within the euro zone.
It's true that the question of Iraq divided Europe.
Obviously, there is diversity, but Europe is a union of diversity.
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.