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.

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

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.

The words. Why did they have to exist? Without them, there wouldn't be any of this.

Other people's eyes are limitless and that's what scares me.

For me, writing isn't about money and fame. It's about passion, an art form that I want to share with the world, expand the horizons to new worlds, new experiences, and new adventures.

Science cannot stop while ethics catches up - and nobody should expect scientists to do all the thinking for the country.

When I was five my parents bought me a ukulele for Christmas. I quickly learned how to play it with my father's guidance. Thereafter, my father regularly taught me all the good old fashioned songs.

I went to a school that's predominantly computer science and engineering. So, there's a real shortage of hot girls, let's say.

We cannot become what we need by remaining what we are.

Tenderness and lust are just immature little brothers of love. Yes of course it was lust... but I'm not sure how evolved or resolved that lust was.

I belong to quite a lot of learned societies. We collect firearms and discuss them at dinners and clubs and things.

Opposites attract, and I think temperament is so fundamental that you end up craving someone of the opposite temperament to complete you.