The EU should help the emergence of "organized multipolarity" in the currently non-polar world.

The U.S. withdrawal from the Kyoto protocol endangers the entire process.

I am a partisan and artisan of Europe. But I draw the lessons of my experience in government.

Shopkeepers are not bankers.

I want to make an extremely strong appeal to those who abstained. Vote. It takes five minutes and then it's for five years.

France on its own cannot impose its point of view. But neither should it give up on its demands. With a clear vote for change France will be in a strong position.

If the US economic landing is soft there will be no consequences (for Europe).

But Maastricht was not the end of history. It was a first step towards a Europe of growth, of employment, a social Europe. That was the vision of Francois Mitterrand. We are far from that now.

This revision of the Constitution will not be perfect. But at least the Constitution will not be inflexible. It will be a step towards the Social Europe which we wish.

This assumes an upward revision of the European Budget, which is precisely what Jacques Chirac refuses to do. On the contrary, he has demanded a reduction.

We on the left who are pro-European and Internationalist wish to unite the peoples under a social model.

Bad books on writing tell you to "WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW", a solemn and totally false adage that is the reason there exist so many mediocre novels about English professors contemplating adultery.

My past thoughts created today's me.

The ability to forgive is one of man’s greatest achievements.

Everyone is poor in one way or another, so there is no need to worry of where you belong, we are all rich and poor at the same time.

To make a face from marble means to remove from the slab everything that is not the face

This is war,' I yelled through the door. Lucky for me,' Morelli said. 'I give good war.

Dessert without cheese is like a beauty with only one eye

I can't imagine a romance novel published today where the hero rapes the heroine and she falls in love with him.

5,000 years of human history should not be overthrown by the acts of a few liberal judges or by the acts of a few local elected officials.

Your life's work is to find your life's work-and then to exercise the discipline, tenacity, and hard work it takes to pursue it