I hope that France - and all of Europe - we would take an initiative for the year 2012 to be the year of peace between Israel and the Palestinians.

I'm ready to become a French person amongst French people, and more than ever I have the love for my country deeply ingrained in my heart.

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.

You are the eternal France, I love you.

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

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.

We want to put a stop to tax havens. We want results on this, with a list of tax havens and a series of consequences.