Germany has become the economic heart of Europe because our leaders are weak.

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.

We used to be one of the richest countries in the world, but we are now on a path towards under-development. This austerity that has been imposed on the people doesn't work. The people will not allow themselves to be throttled without revolting.

I know very well that the political classes have spread fear among the electorate: Without the euro, the sun will cease shining, the rivers will stop flowing, we will enter an ice age.

Massive immigration brings with it cultures that are sometimes in contradiction with our values.

We are a great nation, which has lot to offer to the world, but to offer something to the world France has to remain France.

Globalization has become an ideology with no constraints. And now, nations are forcing themselves back into the debate. Nations with borders we control, with people that we listen to, with real economies, not Wall Street economies, but rather factories and farmers. And this goes against this unregulated globalization, wild, savage globalization.