Jean-Pierre Raffarin

(11 votes)   We feel an enormous sense of gratitude towards the American people.

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(41 votes)   A country like France now does two-thirds of its trade within the euro zone.

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(20 votes)   But the Republic has its rules and it must not tolerate any abuse of them.

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(14 votes)   This constitution recognises the need for social dialogue involving labour and management; it involves trade unions in the decision-making process; it has a social vision founded on social dialogue.

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(12 votes)   I am a believer, but I affirm that in public buildings the law of the Republic overrides religious rules.

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(12 votes)   I believe that transatlantic relations are very important and that President Bush's visit to Brussels, in a few days, will have a major impact on that.

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(12 votes)   I think that the proposed constitution is one of the European legal documents with the strongest social dimension I have seen since I began following European issues.

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(12 votes)   It's important to show that, while authorizing the demonstrations and promoting diversity of opinion, the Republic can't allow itself to be undermined from within.

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(12 votes)   Obviously, there is diversity, but Europe is a union of diversity.

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(12 votes)   The Europe we are in the process of building is the Europe of the 21st century; it's not the Europe of the 20th century.

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(11 votes)   I tell fundamentalists that there is no question of them attacking our Republic's foundations.

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(11 votes)   I was a Member of the European Parliament for a period of time and I saw a lot of European laws and treaties.

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(11 votes)   Prohibiting a visible religious sign, which isn't a manifestation of militancy, would look like a fight against religions.

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(11 votes)   We shall say clearly that any symbol conspicuously displaying religious affiliation in school is prohibited.

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(9 votes)   France has a very important relationship with Germany. But that does not mean that we agree about everything or that two of our universities or companies are not going to compete.

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