It is with great satisfaction that I learned of the adoption by consensus of the Durban Declaration against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and the intolerance associated with it.

To promote the process of European integration, we must improve an institutional mechanism already existing in the European Union, reinforced co-operation, by making it more flexible and effective. This approach allows a few states to move faster and further... We are all aware that this mechanism is vital.

I am not the Prime Minister of French capitalism. I am the Prime Minister of France.

It is with great satisfaction that I learned of the adoption by consensus of the Durban Declaration against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and the intolerance associated with it

I do not separate France from Europe.

Yes to market economy, no to market society.

I remain attached to my nation.

Inhuman and barbaric acts were carried out by both sides, even if each side tended for too long to deny its own,

The next government must make it a priority to listen to the concerns of all the French who feel worried, who feel forgotten and threatened.

This is the time to make commitments and see them through. That, in my eyes, is the basis for the relationship of trust that should exist between citizens and their highest representative,