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

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

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.

Without sounding too grandiose, the survival of the planet itself is at stake, you have rising sea levels, acidification of the oceans, immigration sparked by climate change, droughts that are much more severe.

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 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.

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