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In the Netherlands, we have had a difficult year and we are now getting out of this difficulty. So we have now growth prospects for 2014.

France has to reform, to recover, and get more competitiveness.

We're grappling with the same issue facing all advanced economies - how to revive growth and distribute its fruits more fairly. An America that can tackle that problem head-on can perhaps help revive a stagnant global economy.

Economic recovery begins with our small businesses.

It's a European Union of economic failure, of mass unemployment and of low growth.

What matters to me is to find rational solutions for those that are facing difficulties so that France preserves jobs and its ability to innovate.

My genuine belief is that if we can get through the eurozone crisis from a political point of view, we've got a lot of engines that can drive our economy, that will restore confidence and get us moving on.

When you grow up in the country in France, you have small horizons.

If the euro becomes a factor promoting Europe's drifting apart, then the foundation of the European project is destroyed.

But, on balance, we seized the marketplace. We've got a great infrastructure. And yes it's struggling in some areas because of some external factors and some internal factors.