The United States, for a French citizen, is a friend, an ally, to whom we owe, along with most Europeans, our freedom..

Prohibiting a visible religious sign, which isn't a manifestation of militancy, would look like a fight against religions..

What's very important is that we build a space that matters in the world, one that operates according to democratic rules, and that small and large c….

I am a believer, but I affirm that in public buildings the law of the Republic overrides religious rules..

But the Republic has its rules and it must not tolerate any abuse of them..

The Europe we are in the process of building is the Europe of the 21st century; it's not the Europe of the 20th century..

I believe that transatlantic relations are very important and that President Bush's visit to Brussels, in a few days, will have a major impact on tha….

It's important to show that, while authorizing the demonstrations and promoting diversity of opinion, the Republic can't allow itself to be undermine….

When I see the cultural diversity that exists today, I feel that we must defend it, and we need Europe, because otherwise we are going to live in a s….

Obviously, there is diversity, but Europe is a union of diversity..

I was a Member of the European Parliament for a period of time and I saw a lot of European laws and treaties..

I think that the proposed constitution is one of the European legal documents with the strongest social dimension I have seen since I began following….

The Republic is open and tolerant but also knows how and when to be firm and make its values respected..

France has a very important relationship with Germany. But that does not mean that we agree about everything or that two of our universities or compa….

I think that we must come together progressively, with the British, the Germans, the Spanish, the Italians and with the new members of the European U….

We would like UN resolutions to be enforced, including on Iraq..

It's a different outlook, and one that I understand. When you are a former member of the Warsaw Pact, when you have lived behind the Berlin Wall, whe….

We must stress that the euro has been beneficial to the European Union because, otherwise, in this context of international turmoil, every country wo….

We believe that the European Union is facing a truly historic choice..

Europe started out with six countries; three small countries and three large countries..

Let them be reassured, it has never been one of our intentions to ban religion in society, but solely to protect the national education system from a….