Jean-Francois Cope

I invite everyone to chose forgiveness rather than division, teamwork over personal ambition.

There are a certain number of extreme behaviours led by fundamentalists who are using their religion for political ends and use extremist techniques.

There has been a banking crisis, a financial crisis, an economic crisis, a social crisis, a geostrategic crisis and an environmental crisis. That's considerable in a country that's used to being protected.

People are afraid of everything.

I know I'm breaking a taboo by using the term antiwhite racism, but I do so intentionally, because it's the reality some of our fellow citizens live with, and remaining quiet about it only aggravates their trauma.

I have a thought for Nicolas Sarkozy, you know my loyalty on his account, but I profess it too for Jacques Chirac.

There is no winner or loser - just one family, the U.M.P. The time for internal squabbles is behind us.