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.

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

I place the blame with our own leaders who are not defending our interests. A strong euro is ruining our economy.

We have no lesson to teach Russia if we concurrently roll out the red carpet to Qatar, Saudi Arabia and China.

Angela Merkel can't travel to any European country without being protected by hundreds of police. That is not brotherhood.

Xenophobia is the hatred of foreigners. I don't hate anyone.

It is undeniable that the French were in a better situation in 1960s then than they are today in 2017. I don't look in the rearview mirror. But there was no need for us to experience an end to social progress since then.