We have chased away the clouds, the sky is all 'rose.'
Long live the Republic, and long live France.
I bow down in memory of the victims, and I come to tell my Armenian friends that we will never forget the tragedies that your people has endured.
Nothing was given to me, nothing was entrusted to me, nothing was assigned to me. Everything I have, I took by right.
The fight against global warming is a humanitarian issue - how the planet can be preserved - and it is also an issue of considerable economic importance, of what we call green growth.
I am not deaf. I hear the anger. I see the dissatisfaction, and I have to go faster.
The transatlantic relationship is vital for both our countries: France will remain a reliable ally of the United States. Nevertheless, ally does not mean aligned.
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.
Everyone says Francois Mitterrand had huge charisma. But before he was president they used to call him badly dressed, old, archaic and say he knew nothing about the economy... until the day he was elected. It's called universal suffrage. When you're elected, you become the person that embodies France.
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.
France needs to improve training and education and the level of skills of its workforce.
I commit myself to serve my country.
Is France a northern European export powerhouse, or a Mediterranean indebted and dependent economy? Yes to both.
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.
My adversary is the world of finance.
My dear citizens, fellow citizens, French people, this 6th of May, have just chosen change by bringing me the presidency of the French republic. I feel the honor, which has been given to me and the task, the important task faced beyond - in front of you to serve my country.
The Republic will destroy terrorism.
The extremists wanted to divide France; it came together.
I am attached to the French language. I will defend the ubiquitous use of French.
There must be pressure on Moscow so that we have negotiations. Moscow will not succeed by unilaterally backing Bashar al-Assad.
