The single currency should allow the European Union, and therefore France, to balance its monetary strength with the United States. It should help us adjust to the development of China.

Quote by Laurent Fabius

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France on its own cannot impose its point of view. But neither should it give...

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For a long time many believed that there would be an automatic adjustment and counted...

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But Maastricht was not the end of history. It was a first step towards a...

Shopkeepers are not bankers.

Shopkeepers are not bankers.

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There are 20 million unemployed and what does the Constitution offer us in the Europe...

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At the same time the Constitution sets in stone the Stability Pact and risks preventing...

We on the left who are pro-European and Internationalist wish to unite the peoples under...

We on the left who are pro-European and Internationalist wish to unite the peoples under...

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The demographic weight of countries such as China and India exercise a massive pressure on...

The U.S. withdrawal from the Kyoto protocol endangers the entire process.

The U.S. withdrawal from the Kyoto protocol endangers the entire process.

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This revision of the Constitution will not be perfect. But at least the Constitution will...

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I want to make an extremely strong appeal to those who abstained. Vote. It takes...

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France cannot be France without greatness.

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I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one...

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If it were not for the government, we should have nothing to laugh at in...

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Gays don't vommit. They're a very clean people. And they have been ever since they...

I have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple; garlands from window to window; golden chains...

I have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple; garlands from window to window; golden chains...

When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.

When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.

The Almighty in His infinite wisdom did not see fit to create Frenchmen in the...

The Almighty in His infinite wisdom did not see fit to create Frenchmen in the...