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If we don't take effective measures now, the Netherlands could be torn between two extreme rights.

I urge calm and sensitivity to the fundamental civil liberties of our country.

The riskiest thing we can do is just maintain the status quo.

I do not want our children and grandchildren to live in a world where everyday they fear some regional strongman with weapons of mass destruction. We need to send a message to these future would-be bullies: you will not be allowed to threaten the world.

There is always a temptation for governments: see a problem and announce a quick fix.

The French people need to have all the facts so they can choose. And I won't be running away from it or hiding from it.

I have nothing to hide, and I call upon those who are scared by the National Front to look up the National Front's manifesto. It's quite easy on the Internet.

As a columnist, I realize that whatever amount of corruption I expose, half my readers will block it out, although they may get a frisson of joy in the process.

But sometimes in the midst of worry, anxiety and hard work, it has been pretty hard to bear all these false reports going about the country - to see my friends alienated and being made to believe things that were absolutely false.

Make your enemy afraid, for it is impossible to remain quiet about their moral offences.