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If approval was a criterion in this country, nothing would ever get done.
We can't have our industry progressively destroyed by cheap Chinese imports.
If people do not believe in Europe and in the euro area, it must be dismantled.
My key message is be innovative, be ambitious; think global and big on day one.
Historically speaking, the French economy was largely driven by the demand side.
I push reforms. I tell the truth to people, even when it's tough for the country.
I know the divisions in our nation that led some to extreme votes. I respect them.
I will do everything to make sure you never have reason again to vote for extremes.
The refugee crisis shows we can't be isolated from the world's geopolitical troubles.
I will protect and defend France's vital interests. I will protect and defend Europe.
We have the force, the energy, and the determination, and we will not give in to fear.
We can't fix the real problems if we only cauterize and don't treat the roots of evil.
If I was British, I would vote resolutely 'remain' because it's in the U.K.'s interest.
I don't have luxurious tastes or great needs, but my independence is worth a lot to me.
Even if the Brits decide to remain, we will have to avoid a contagion on other countries.
In a common project, we can bring together well-meaning people from the Left and the Right.
Europe and the world are waiting for us to defend the spirit of the enlightenment everywhere.
We have to provide more visibility, more certainty to the investors and reduce the cost of failure.
Sovereignty is not just at the national level; that's the mistake of Brexit that other people make.
Popularity isn't my compass. Unless it can help one to act, to be understood... that's what counts.
We have a huge responsibility to make sure that Europe remains a prosperous and peaceful continent.
I will fight with all my power against the divisions that undermine us and which are tearing us apart.
I want to help with Muslim integration. If you follow the line of Marine Le Pen, you create a civil war.
I want to be the president of all the people of France, for the patriots facing the threat of nationalism.
The doctors, whether based in Brussels or Paris, draw the same conclusions and write the same prescriptions.
Europe and the world are waiting for us to defend the spirit of Enlightenment, threatened in so many places.
I come all wreathed in a reputation the press has made for me. Judge me on my actions. That's all that counts.
To think that our political organisation is immutable is the best way to hand the country over to the extremes.
We have to shift the social model from a lot of formal protections toward loosening bottlenecks in the economy.
We will open a new bunch of reforms regarding the labor market to make it simpler and adaptable, more flexible.
When politics is no longer a mission but a profession, politicians become more self-serving than public servants.
Democratic states must have access to content exchanged between terrorists on social media and instant messaging.
I am not just a liberal movement. I come from the progressive Left. I am trying to refresh and counter the system.
We back Hinkley Point project. It's very important for France; it's very important for the nuclear sector and EDF.
The 28-member Europe must be simpler, clearer, more efficient, and continue to advance on digital and energy issues.
We need people who dream impossible things, who maybe fail, sometimes succeed, but in any case who have that ambition.
There is no access to the market without budgetary contributions... and without respect for the four freedoms of the E.U.
The state has an offensive and defensive role to play as promoter of industrial policies, as regulator and as shareholder.
Brexit is the other face of the refugee crisis - tensions that lead to stasis, external risks that lead to asymmetric shocks.
I will defend Europe; it is our civilisation which is at stake... I will work to rebuild ties between Europe and its citizens.
If I were to reason like those who roll out red carpets, I would say we might have some repatriations from the City of London.
We have a lack of growth in Europe, in eurozone, and in France, and we are struggling hard to recover and restore this growth.
We have to accept the idea that Europe will be made on a two-speed basis, with a union based on solidarity and differentiation.
I'm in a left-wing government, unashamedly... but I also want to work with people from the Right who commit to the same values.
I want to unite our people and our country. I will serve you with humility and force in the name of liberte, egalite, fraternite.
You have to learn to fight for things, to bear the burden and have a life which does not in any way correspond to other peoples' lives.
My responsibility will be to unite all the women and men ready to take on the tremendous challenges which are waiting for us, and to act.
We should not replicate the situation where one country is in a situation to hijack the rest of Europe because they organize a referendum.
When the president and the prime minister decide to implement reforms, they have all the measures they need to pass them and enforce them.
I want to become the president of all the people of France - the president of the patriots in the face of the threat from the nationalists.