The German-French friendship is indispensable for Europe. And I will never let myself be carried away to making statements that would change it..

To me, it's important to preserve proximity to the people. I wouldn't do anything pretentious, and nothing that hurts the people who voted for me. Tr….

There's always a risk when the candidate becomes president: Will he deliver what is expected of him?.

Today, Paris is the capital of the world..

A large country with such outstanding economic performance as Germany cannot forget that it owes some of its success to demand from other European co….

I am attached to the French language. I will defend the ubiquitous use of French..

I am proud to have been capable of giving people hope again..

If we don't manage to find not just a compromise but a lasting peace agreement, we know perfectly well what the scenario will be. It has a name, it's….

To be influential in tomorrow's world, to defend our values and our development model, France needs Europe and Europe needs France..

My real adversary has no name, no face, no party. It will never be elected, yet it governs - the adversary is the world of finance..

I don't like indecent, unearned wealth. But it is legitimate for an entrepreneur who has created something to make a good living..

I won't wait until the end of my term to say I made mistakes at the beginning. That's too late. I will try to adopt the proper behaviour, if the Fren….

I gave myself an objective, to be the second president from Correze and finally to be the successor to Francois Mitterrand..

I don't want to leave my successor and my children to pay for France's debt..

An education program is, by definition, a societal program. Work should be done at school, rather than at home..

I know where I'm going and I have told the French. I am sure if hope is there, we will be able to put France back on its feet to live better in five ….

Nothing was given to me, nothing was entrusted to me, nothing was assigned to me. Everything I have, I took by right..

What is at stake is preserving our relations with the United States. They should not be changed because of what has happened. But trust has to be res….

I attach the greatest importance to an amplification of the peace efforts in the Middle East. I would also like to see a greater dialogue between the….

I could have made a fortune in cheeseburgers, but I finally chose politics..

Each country has a soul, and France's soul is equality..