To be honest, there are many things said about Russia because they have been demonized for years at the behest of the USA. It is part of the greatness of a European country to develop one's own opinion and to not view everything through the US lens. We have no lesson to teach Russia if we concurrently roll out the red carpet to Qatar, Saudi Arabia and China.

Our political class no longer has any convictions. You can only pass along the beliefs that you hold. They no longer believe in France - they have a post-national worldview. I call them France-skeptics. That's why democracy is collapsing here in France.

We are simply allowing our right to self-determination to be stolen from us.

Wild globalization has benefited some, but it's been a catastrophe for most.

If I didn't believe that we had a chance of coming to power, then I would have focused on taking care of my three children or gardening.

When you take out a loan, what's your obligation other than paying it back? You have no other obligation.

The problem is the total opening of borders and allowing the law of the jungle to prevail: The further a company goes today to find slaves, which it then treats like animals and pays a pittance, without regard for environmental laws, the more it earns.