The Law Must Have The Last Word.

The Construction Of Europe Is An Art. It Is The Art Of The Possible.

France Will Insist On The Need For Updated And Responsive Institutions.

Our House Is Burning And We Look Elsewhere. Nature, Mutilated And Over-exploited, Can No Longer Reconstitute Itself And We Refuse To Admit It. Humanity Is Suffering. It Is Suffering From Poor Development, In The North As In The South, And We Are Indifferent. The Earth And Humanity Are In Peril And We Are All Responsible. It Is Time Now To Open Our Eyes

Never Before Has Information Been So Important, To Governments And Businesses Alike. And Please Don't Imagine That Some Of You Gathered Here Today May Be Less Concerned Than Others. Globalization Means That The "butterfly Effect" Is Everywhere At Work. The Mistakes Of A Stockbroker In Singapore Or The Collapse Of The Baht In Bangkok, The Decisions Of A Finnish Industrial Concern, Or What The Governor Of Minas Gerais In Brazil Decides To Do About His State's Debt, Have Had Consequences For The World As A Whole.

Faced With Intolerance And Hatred, No Debate Is Possible.