The French like burgers, Madonna and Miami Vice.

I fought for the values of responsibility, and I'm not a man who does not accept his responsibilities.

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

I am showing solidarity while being different. Or if you prefer, I am being different while being in solidarity.

I committed myself totally, fully, but I didn't succeed in convincing a majority of French... I didn't succeed in making the values we share win.

To be a young Gaullist is to be a revolutionary!

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