Controlled Quote by Peter Mandelson

France has not been able to come to terms with the fact that it's not a major power anymore. I mean even before the…

— Noam Chomsky

France is the bridge between northern Europe and southern Europe. I refuse any division. If Europe has been reunified, it's not for it to…

— Francois Hollande

France is a country where thinking is supposed to be furtive, invisible, almost clandestine. France is a country of cliques and sects.

— Bernard-Henri Levy

There is an element of delusional obsession in the French political elite's preoccupation with the notion that France is still a global power.

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

The authority and influence of France on the world scene in the 21st century will not depend solely on its modernity and cohesion, nor…

— Jacques Chirac

France is no longer herself when she is folded in on herself, tormented by ignorance and intolerance. The country would plunge into decline if…

— Francois Hollande

Europe has lived on its contradictions, flourished on its differences, and, constantly transcending itself thereby, has created a civilization on which the whole world…

— Albert Camus

All my life I have had a certain idea of France.

— Charles de Gaulle

France can never accept that it is no longer a dominating power in the world of culture. This is true both of the French…

— Adam Michnik

It's easy to forget how central the French people are in everything we mean when we say Europe.

— John Dos Passos

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

— Charles de Gaulle

To be influential in tomorrow's world, to defend our values and our development model, France needs Europe and Europe needs France.

— Francois Hollande