Appeasement was never a very clever policy, and it should not be our option today.

Disarming Iraq is legal under a series of U.N. resolutions. Iraq is in flagrant violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

The alliance should agree... to an effective NATO role against the new threats presented by international terrorism and weapons of mass destruction.

There are the countries of the north of Europe taking decisions and the countries of the south of Europe that are living under intervention. This division exists.

My conviction is that the best strategy to defend the West is to defend Israel.

Appeasement was never a very clever policy, and it should not be our option today.

Because the task of a political leader is to do what he believes is better for his country. Sometimes the public opinion is in favor; sometimes the public opinion needs a little bit more time to understand things.