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

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

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

I tell fundamentalists that there is no question of them attacking our Republic's foundations.

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

When I see the cultural diversity that exists today, I feel that we must defend it, and we need Europe, because otherwise we are going to live in a society with a single model, the Anglo-American model.

A country like France now does two-thirds of its trade within the euro zone.