I was a Member of the European Parliament for a period of time and I saw a lot of European laws and treaties.

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

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

But the Republic has its rules and it must not tolerate any abuse of them.

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.

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.

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.