Jean-Pierre Raffarin Quotes

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• But the Republic has its rules and it must not tolerate any abuse of them.
• A country like France now does two-thirds of its trade within the euro zone.
• Europe started out with six countries; three small countries and three large countries.
• I tell fundamentalists that there is no question of them attacking our Republic's foundations.
• 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…
• I am a believer, but I affirm that in public buildings the law of the Republic overrides religious rules.
• 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…
• 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…
• I was a Member of the European Parliament for a period of time and I saw a lot of European laws and treaties.
• It's a different outlook, and one that I understand. When you are a former member of the Warsaw Pact, when you have lived behind the…
• 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.
• I think that we must come together progressively, with the British, the Germans, the Spanish, the Italians and with the new members of the European…
• What's very important is that we build a space that matters in the world, one that operates according to democratic rules, and that small and…
• When I see the cultural diversity that exists today, I feel that we must defend it, and we need Europe, because otherwise we are going…
• We shall say clearly that any symbol conspicuously displaying religious affiliation in school is prohibited.
• Let them be reassured, it has never been one of our intentions to ban religion in society, but solely to protect the national education system…
• We must stress that the euro has been beneficial to the European Union because, otherwise, in this context of international turmoil, every country would have…
• The Republic is open and tolerant but also knows how and when to be firm and make its values respected.
• It's true that the question of Iraq divided Europe.
• Obviously, there is diversity, but Europe is a union of diversity.

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