Manuel Valls is popular because the others in the government are unpopular. Interior ministers are always popular because they give people the feeling that they are taking care of security, even when they are just people with tough words and a soft hand.

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.

I can't blame Angela Merkel for saying she wants a strong euro.

Everyone has the right to practice their religion, to worship as they choose. My war is against Islamic fundamentalism.

I'll tell you what the danger is for Europe. It's carrying out a cold war against Russia and pushing Russia into China's arms. That's the threat to Europe.

I'm opposed to wearing headscarves in public places. That's not France. There's something I just don't understand: the people who come to France, why would they want to change France, to live in France the same way they lived back home?

I'm not a fan in a rock concert, you see. I am a political leader in a great nation of the world. What interests me are France's interests.