The only thing that preoccupies me is that France has broken down, and we need to start up the engine again - all the way. But not so as to run into a wall.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
France needs to find something that makes it stand out. It's not enough for it to do almost as well as its neighbors.
I know where I'm going and I have told the French. I am sure if hope is there, we will be able to put France back on its feet... to live better in five years than we do today.
My mission is to put France back on its feet. The priority is employment. Efforts have to be made, but those efforts must be made fairly.
My goal is to put France back on its feet. I have to put this country back on its feet.
France has more need of me than I have need of France.
France is back.
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.
We find ourselves in a difficult situation in Europe. There's a crisis, weak growth, unemployment... my duty is to ensure that by the end of my mandate France is in a better state than it was at the beginning.
Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution. We have to transform our old France into a new country and marry it to its time.
I defy anyone - and I have said this to the Germans - to build a solid, articulated, and viable Europe without France's consent.
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