There Are Tensions Abroad Where People Don't

The British Have Been Particularly Shy About The Issues Of Financial Regulation, And Attentive Only To The Interests Of The City - Hence Their Reluctance To See The Introduction Of A Tax On Financial Transactions And Tax Harmonisation In Europe.

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 Don't Want To Drive The Markets Crazy. I Don't Want To Create Trouble, But Rather Order And Rules And Norms. We Have To Struggle Against Financial Excesses, Those Who Speculate With Sovereign Debt, Those Who Develop Financial Products Which Have Done So Much Harm.

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.

If We Don't Manage To Find Not Just A Compromise But A Lasting Peace Agreement, We Know Perfectly Well What The Scenario Will Be. It Has A Name, It's Called War.