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1. I can understand countries don’t want to join the euro, but they cannot impede the consolidation and strengthening of the eurozone.
2. My obligation, if I become president, is to give another direction to Europe than the one that is being forced upon us today.
3. I am for a clear distinction between public and private life. I believe private matters should be regulated in private and I have asked those close to me to respect this.
4. France needs to improve training and education and the level of skills of its workforce.
5. We have chased away the clouds, the sky is all ‘rose.’
6. Between France and Senegal there’s a history. There’s a language that we both speak. There’s a culture that we share and to which both of our peoples have contributed. But beyond our history, beyond our language, beyond the links that have united us for so long, what unites us today is the future.
7. 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.
8. We need the help of other member countries and leaders who, like us, want to see a change in Europe’s direction. That’s also my logic when I tell voters that electing me president will not only shape France’s future, but also initiate change across all of Europe.
9. My policies are producing results and will produce even more.
10. I am the president of the youth of France.
11. I attach the greatest importance to an amplification of the peace efforts in the Middle East. I would also like to see a greater dialogue between the U.S. and the EU.
12. Our biggest threat is not too much Europe, but too little.
13. What is happening in the Sahel for the past several months is that terrorists have structured themselves, have installed themselves. It’s not simply a menace for west Africa.
14. If I become president, France will not continue with the same policies as under Nicolas Sarkozy — both in domestic policy and in foreign and European policy.
15. France, after the month of May, will share trust with the current leadership of the United States which, on many subjects, has tended to take useful positions in our view.
16. My real adversary has no name, no face, no party. It will never be elected, yet it governs — the adversary is the world of finance.
17. I could have made a fortune in cheeseburgers, but I finally chose politics.
18. Europe must be understood and controlled by its citizens.
19. Things are going better: there is more growth, less deficit, more competitiveness, better margins for companies, more purchasing power for workers.
20. 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.