There's a big difference between France and the U.S. In the U.S., immigrants must work to live. In France, they're taken care of by public finances. In France, there are millions of unemployed people already. We cannot house them, give them health care, education... finance people who keep coming and coming.

I fear that the migratory crisis signals the beginning of the end of women's rights.

France always had this balanced position that in so many conflicts was the voice of peace. I intend to maintain that. De Gaulle was pleading for a multipolar world.

Multicultural societies are multi-conflict societies.

I will do everything I can... to make sure that Poland sticks to a development that fosters the rule of law, democracy.

Everybody who goes into government gets somewhat chewed up in the process. Being a senior appointee is like being at a startup, only more so: You run into opposition from the entrenched oligopoly of contractors whose business model is to extract as much money from government as possible for doing as little as possible.

It seems to me that any reason for people getting more active in running or taking part in politics and government I think is just terrific.

Every time there's an election, people start to criticize China.