My Mission Is To Put

We Are A Big Country, With Lots Of Advantages And History. We Are Proud To Be French. We Have To Call On Patriotism At This Time... To Ask For An Effort In The Battle Against Debt.

During A Term In Office There Are Highs And Lows, But What Counts Is That The Goal Is Set As Well As The Means To Achieve It, And The Force We Put Into Getting Results.

Symbols Mean A Lot In Politics. They Indicate A Will And Create New Realities.

I Perfectly Understood President Obama's Attitude Throughout The French Presidential Campaign. He Had No Reason To Distance Himself From Nicolas Sarkozy. It's The Basic Solidarity That Leaders Who Worked Together Owe To Each Other.

What The French Want Is Coherence, Stability And Justice. If I Am In A Favorable Position Today, It's Because My Fellow Citizens Want To Make The Effort To Straighten Out The Country, And At The Same Time They Want It To Be Just And Equitable.