I cannot bear Netanyahu, he’s a liar.

You are the eternal France, I love you.

Nothing - I mean nothing - and no-one - I mean no-one - will stop me going through to the end, and trying to be ready for the challenge of 2007.

There are remuneration packages that will no longer be tolerated because they bear no relation to merit. That those who create jobs and wealth may earn a lot of money is not shocking. But that those who contribute to destroying jobs and wealth also earn a lot of money is morally indefensible.

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 must not be the only country to have a high level of welfare protection and few obligations incumbent on those who receive benefits.