If the US economic landing is soft there will be no consequences (for Europe).

This revision of the Constitution will not be perfect. But at least the Constitution will not be inflexible. It will be a step towards the Social Europe which we wish.

This assumes an upward revision of the European Budget, which is precisely what Jacques Chirac refuses to do. On the contrary, he has demanded a reduction.

The U.S. withdrawal from the Kyoto protocol endangers the entire process.

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.

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

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