But Maastricht was not the end of history. It was a first step towards a Europe of growth, of employment, a social Europe. That was the vision of Francois Mitterrand. We are far from that now.

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

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

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

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

Shopkeepers are not bankers.

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 But this reassuring analysis is out of date.