In An Election, One Needs Both Hope

I Gave Myself An Objective, To Be The Second President From Correze And Finally To Be The Successor To Francois Mitterrand.

We Are Near, Very Near, To An End To The Eurozone Crisis... The Worst - In The Sense Of The Fear Of The Eurozone Breaking Up - Is Over. But The Best Isn't There Yet.

To Me, It's Important To Preserve Proximity To The People. I Wouldn't Do Anything Pretentious, And Nothing That Hurts The People Who Voted For Me. Triumphalism Isn't My Thing.

Before You, I Engage Myself To Serve My Country With The Devotion And The Exemplary That This Post Demands. I Understand Responsibilities Of The Job And, As Such, I Give A Republican Salute To Nicolas Sarkozy Who Has Led France For 5 Years And Who Deserves All Of Our Respect.

I Have Defended The Interests Of France At The G8 In Washington; Afterwards I Was At Chicago To Announce The Withdrawal Of French Troops From Afghanistan; I Have Participated In Two European Summits, So I Have Fully Respected The Engagements I Made To The French.