DOMINIQUE DE VILLEPIN

France used to have the ability to inspire princes and kings, send her philosophers to the courts of Europe whose elites spoke our language… now no one listens to her anymore and the universe turns without her …

I grew up in the United States.

War is always the sanction of failure. France has always stood up upright in the face of history before mankind.

Nobody can deny there is a rise of Islamic fundamentalism.

I would like to tell our American, British and Spanish friends that the Iraqi crisis is not a problem between the United States and France, but between those who want to move forward in the logic of war and the international community.

It is not through any combinations of politicians that the outcome of an electoral campaign is decided.

In a multipolar world, there must be more powers capable of taking responsibility, the U.S. and Europe must be able to unite to achieve peace in the Middle East.

France is obsessed with power. Our mythology of power bears the imprint of nostalgia and obsolescence.

I think that economic patriotism is the very foundation of a European vision.

Using the right of veto would be shooting the Americans in the back.

In a multipolar world, there must be more powers capable of taking responsibility, the U.S. and Europe must be able to unite to achieve peace in the Middle East.

I would like to tell our American, British and Spanish friends that the Iraqi crisis is not a problem between the United States and France, but between those who want to move forward in the logic of war and the international community.

Nobody can deny there is a rise of Islamic fundamentalism.

I think that economic patriotism is the very foundation of a European vision.

It is not through any combinations of politicians that the outcome of an electoral campaign is decided.

China protects the Chinese, America protects the Americans, I don't see why Europe should not protect the Europeans.

I grew up in the United States.

Using the right of veto would be shooting the Americans in the back.

The principal achievement of Europe is peace, which we often forget about as it has become so taken for granted by Europeans.

Between an uncontrolled escalation and passivity, there is a demanding road of responsibility that we must follow.

Everything that could produce a clash between the Arab world and the West seemed dangerous to me.

Accusations are useless.

France is obsessed with power. Our mythology of power bears the imprint of nostalgia and obsolescence.

France used to have the ability to inspire princes and kings, send her philosophers to the courts of Europe whose elites spoke our language… now no one listens to her anymore and the universe turns without her …

France is an old country that does not forget.

War is always the sanction of failure. France has always stood up upright in the face of history before mankind.

In the last few days, I have been the victim of a campaign of slander and shameful lies, a campaign which has deeply shocked and hurt me. Enough is enough.

In a world where the threat is asymmetrical, where the weak defy the strong, the power of conviction, the capacity to convince, the ability to sway opinion count as much as the number of military divisions.