I want to make an extremely strong appeal to those who abstained. Vote. It takes five minutes and then it's for five years.

France on its own cannot impose its point of view. But neither should it give up on its demands. With a clear vote for change France will be in a strong position.

Shopkeepers are not bankers.

I am a partisan and artisan of Europe. But I draw the lessons of my experience in government.

There are 20 million unemployed and what does the Constitution offer us in the Europe of 25, 27 and soon to be 30: policies of unrestricted competition to the detriment of production, wages, research and innovation.

The EU should help the emergence of "organized multipolarity" in the currently non-polar world.

For a long time many believed that there would be an automatic adjustment and counted on a rapid increase in the wages of the emerging nations, on our advances in technology and the costs of transport preventing disruption. But this reassuring analysis is out of date.