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.

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

We shall say clearly that any symbol conspicuously displaying religious affiliation in school is prohibited.

There have been major disagreements within the European Union.

I believe that transatlantic relations are very important and that President Bush's visit to Brussels, in a few days, will have a major impact on that.

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

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.