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

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.

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.

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

To be a young Gaullist is to be a revolutionary!