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

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

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.

I am deeply worried because we are seeing an unleashing of violence by 2,000 to 3,000 thugs who come to smash and loot. My objective is to avoid mistakes by the police, so that people can protest in safety.

I understand that people might be poor if they don't have any work, but I don't accept that someone is poor if they've worked really hard.

Francois Hollande is the president of the republic, he must be respected. I want to wish him good luck in the midst of these tests.

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.