What I am proposing is to start a new chapter in Europe. To begin this adventure anew, and differently, if you'd like. The institutions as such aren'….

Donald Trump is the head of a global power..

We will succeed, because we are fully committed, because, wherever we live, whoever we are, we all share the same responsibility: Make our planet gre….

France, of course, doesn't need anyone. I don't believe in saviors. But the way in which our country is governed needs to change radically. That star….

I don't believe that France is capable of reform - at least not in normal times. Fortunately, we are experiencing exceptional circumstances at the mo….

If this enormous pressure didn't exist, I wouldn't have been elected. It would have been one of the usual candidates..

I thoroughly believe that reading and literature can help a society to better understand itself..

Europe was initially supposed to be primarily a political project! The EU never would have come about had it been up to experts or diplomats. It was ….

Post-modernism was the worst thing that could have happened to our democracy. The idea that you have to deconstruct and destroy all grand narratives ….

Many European parties, including the conventional parties in France, no longer have the ability to keep people together. And in terms of the coalitio….

I had decided that I wanted a dog from an animal shelter. Normally, presidents have purebred dogs, but my is a Labrador-griffon mix. Absolutely adora….

There are three possible ways to react to right-wing extremist parties. The first is to act as though they don't exist and to no longer risk taking p….

I refuse to give into the sad reflex of French envy because this envy paralyzes our country..

That might sound shocking to some - and don't worry, I don't see myself as a king..

Ambition is never modest. If modesty means to have middling success, then I can only say: I'm not interested..

I titled my book "Revolution." And that is exactly what it is. France is experiencing a time of transformation - in education, on the labor market an….

I have great respect for Angela Merkel, even if we have a lot of differences..

I am a strong believer that modern political life must rediscover a sense for symbolism. We need to develop a kind of political heroism. I don't mean….

What we learn from the past is that you cannot make peace against people by interfering and - and just launching a war and trying to change a regime ….

For me, Europe consists of three things: sovereignty, unity and democracy..

When we speak about climate change, you're a victim of something ... which is happening with deep roots where you don't have - anything to deal with.….