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

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.

Europe started out with six countries; three small countries and three large countries.

It's a different outlook, and one that I understand. When you are a former member of the Warsaw Pact, when you have lived behind the Berlin Wall, when you have experienced the communist systems that existed in these countries, for them, the West represents hope.

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

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.

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