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.

Europe is right to tell us to reduce this [France's budget] deficit and spend less. Europe is right to demand this of us but cannot at the same time demand us to increase our dues.

The French people need to have all the facts so they can choose. And I won't be running away from it or hiding from it.

Perhaps the mistake I made at the start of my mandate is not understanding the symbolic dimension of the president's role and not being solemn enough in my acts. A mistake for which I would like to apologise or explain myself and which I will not make again. Now, I know the job.

Come, and the only limits to what you'll be able to achieve will be your own courage and your own talent.

Europe is not a choice, it is a necessity, but it needs to be rethought, refounded.

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