Things are going better: there is more growth, less deficit, more competitiveness, better margins for companies, more purchasing power for workers.

Not in the constitution, but I would propose a law to the French parliament that provides for reducing the budget deficit year by year, until we have reached a balanced budget by 2017.

When I travel officially... and when I travel on a private basis, I have protection that is less suffocating. But I am protected everywhere.

Being in the European Union has its advantages, and I think that is what the British are beginning to understand, what those who are tempted by the Brexit are going to reflect upon.

The cable companies are concerned about their profit margins.

France is no longer herself when she is folded in on herself, tormented by ignorance and intolerance. The country would plunge into decline if it refused to be itself, if it was afraid of the future, afraid of the world.