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.

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

The United States, for a French citizen, is a friend, an ally, to whom we owe, along with most Europeans, our freedom.

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

We believe that the European Union is facing a truly historic choice.

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.