In An Election, One Needs Both Hope

I Won't Wait Until The End Of My Term To Say I Made Mistakes At The Beginning. That's Too Late. I Will Try To Adopt The Proper Behaviour, If The French Give Me The Chance, Right From The Start.

We Are A Big Country, With Lots Of Advantages And History. We Are Proud To Be French. We Have To Call On Patriotism At This Time... To Ask For An Effort In The Battle Against Debt.

Between France And Senegal There's A History. There's A Language That We Both Speak. There's A Culture That We Share And To Which Both Of Our Peoples Have Contributed. But Beyond Our History, Beyond Our Language, Beyond The Links That Have United Us For So Long, What Unites Us Today Is The Future.

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.

What Is At Stake Is Preserving Our Relations With The United States. They Should Not Be Changed Because Of What Has Happened. But Trust Has To Be Restored And Reinforced.