The single currency should allow the European Union, and therefore France, to balance its monetary strength with the United States. It should help us adjust to the development of China.

We on the left who are pro-European and Internationalist wish to unite the peoples under a social model.

Shopkeepers are not bankers.

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

The demographic weight of countries such as China and India exercise a massive pressure on our wages and salaries. They have accomplished massive technological advances and the revolution in information technology has reduced the costs of transport.

The single currency should allow the European Union, and therefore France, to balance its monetary strength with the United States. It should help us adjust to the development of China.

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