Perhaps The Mistake I Made At The

With The World In Turmoil And Doubt, The American People, Faithful To The Values That Have Always Defined America's Identity, Have Expressed With Force Their Faith In Progress And The Future. At A Time When We Must Face Huge Challenges Together, Your Election Has Raised Enormous Hope In France, In Europe And Beyond.

In A Presidential Campaign, You Can't Lie. You Can't Hide What You Are And What You Want. You Can't Hide What Kind Of President You'll Be. You Can't Keep On Talking About Nothing Indefinitely And Committing To Nothing, You Can't Keep Running Away From Debate, Masking The Challenges.

I Committed Myself Totally, Fully, But I Didn't Succeed In Convincing A Majority Of French... I Didn't Succeed In Making The Values We Share Win.

I Want To Wage War Against Illiteracy, Poverty, Unemployment, Unfair Competition, Communitarianism, Delinquency.

I Hope That France - And All Of Europe - We Would Take An Initiative For The Year 2012 To Be The Year Of Peace Between Israel And The Palestinians.