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.

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.

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

Have you ever noticed what golf spells backwards?

I'm not a genius. I'm just a hard-working guy.

The water's murmur is the voice of my father's father.

No day of my life passes without someone saying the words 'Monty Python' to me. It's not bad.

In the hearts of witches, love and hate lie close together and often tumble over each other.

Remote and ineffectual don.

The Jaguar's Children is a beautifully rendered lament for an imperiled culture and the brave lives that would preserve it. You should read it.

Genius, by its very intensity, decrees a special path of fire for its vivid power.

The heart is like a musical instrument of many strings, all the chords of which require putting in harmony.

War will never yield but to the principles of universal justice and love, and these have no sure root but in the religion of Jesus Christ.