ENRIQUE PENA NIETO

Every time you go for more competition, some people don't like it, but that's the way it is.

Politics and more politics - that's how you work towards the building of agreements.

Together we are building a new Mexico.

I really don't like to read.

I believe the state needs to control hydrocarbons.

The United States is already Mexico's largest trading partner.

Mexico urgently needs a series of structural reforms that will detonate its true economic potential and generate more public welfare.

Mexico holds the fifth-largest shale gas reserve in the world, in addition to large deep-water oil reserves and a tremendous potential in renewable energy.

There have been no voices against the structural reforms that I have proposed, especially the energy reform.

My interest is to establish an agenda of engagement with Mexicans that will respond to Mexicans' most urgent needs.

There are a great number of Mexicans who live every day worried about the lack of employment and opportunities. Those conditions also damage the image of Mexico abroad, and that is the Mexico that must be transformed.

I propose changing fear for hope. I propose changing Mexico.

In terms of the espionage, this is something I have talked to President Obama about. We don't want it to mar the relationship between Mexico and the United States. But it is unacceptable for a country to practice such espionage, especially if there is a good relationship with the other country.

I think it is fundamental to understand that the ethics of politics indicate that you should concentrate your efforts on those marginalized people who live in poverty with few opportunities to develop individually.

The route of expropriation, and especially in energy matters, is not what most promotes investment or generates greater confidence.

Politics is an instrument that can transform society.

My commitment is to continue making a Mexico where families live in an environment of peace and better security.

Do you agree that when there's tension and an obsession to want to hit the ball is when you hit it worst? You have to be loose.

One of the big goals of my administration will be to reposition Mexico again as an emerging power.

I believe that Mexico, geographically, is located in a privileged position. We serve as the meeting point with North America and the rest of Latin America.

The level of credit in Mexico has shown to be low. And where credit concentrates the most favors large corporations and not companies.

I have publicly talked about Mexico's need to open ourselves up to the participation of the private sector in the energy sector, however this doesn't mean privatizing state-run companies.

You can't consider a president weak because he will have a Congress that Mexican voters have wanted to be co-responsible in the decisions to be taken... It will be through the leadership that I will exercise that we will be able to build the agreements in Congress.

I will run an open government that speaks with honesty, seeks opinion, listens to its citizens.

The coalition is a model that has no place in a presidential regime such as in Mexico. It fits in parliamentary models, but Mexico has a presidential regime.