I am a socialist and at the same time clear about a certain number of values ... family values, environmental values, the value of succeeding at school, the value of merit and respect for work. To me these are not incompatible with being of the left.

People better get used to the idea that I exist.

I want to be indifferent to vengeance. It's degrading. Not having a spirit of vengeance protects me, internally.

The only one who thinks the world is safer since the occupation of Iraq is Bush.

I dont want a Europe that is just a free-trade area attached to NATO. Even less do I want a Europe where its everyone against everyone, and social and fiscal dumping replaces solidarity.

Today, the worst conflicts, the most deep-rooted violence, and those likely to emerge in the coming years are due to disparities in development.

As a mother, the things that I wanted for my own four children, I want for all the children of France.