I'm ready to become a French person amongst French people, and more than ever I have the love for my country deeply ingrained in my heart.

I am not a man of my party. I do not talk only to socialists and union leaders.

If you come to France and you wear a veil, if you go to one of the administrative buildings, then that's not acceptable. If you don't want your wife to be examined by a male doctor, then you're not welcome here. France is a country that's open.

France is the country with the highest taxes in Europe along with Sweden...something of which I am not proud.

France now has a new president and he must be respected. I assume full responsibility for this defeat.

Franchement, quand je survole certains pays européens (les éoliennes) ne donne pas envie. (Frankly, when I fly over some European countries, their turbines don't fill me with envy.)

We are all hoping that he will recover his legendary vitality as quickly as possible, ... Chi-rac! Chi-rac!