We must remember that politics is more than a power game. The core of politics in my view is to serve our citizens, to serve our fellow human beings.

We have a good life when we manage to live with both satisfied and unsatisfied needs, when we are not obsessed by what is beyond our reach.

A person's worth is quite independent of their usefulness to society.

Extremists and populist movements are exploiting people's fear of those who are not like us. We can see the consequences in the form of terrorism and racially motivated violence.

Terrorism is contempt for human dignity.

Each individual is unique. We all have equal worth. Young and old, those who can cope and those who need help.

If each of us is to feel that he or she is valued, this calls for more than public funding.