It's disrespectful to tell the French in the morning that you're going to reduce the debt, in the evening that you're not going to make any savings, and the next morning, after thinking about it, that you're going to spend more.

In a presidential campaign, you can't lie. You can't hide what you are and what you want. You can't hide what kind of President you'll be. You can't keep on talking about nothing indefinitely and committing to nothing, you can't keep running away from debate, masking the challenges.

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

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

A page is turning for me. I won't be candidate in legislative elections, nor in any elections to come.

Laissez-faire is finished. The all-powerful market that always knows best is finished.

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