Top 29 Quotes by Jean-Pierre Raffarin

The United States, for a French citizen, is a friend, an ally, to whom we owe, along with most Europeans, our freedom.

We would like UN resolutions to be enforced, including on Iraq.

We feel an enormous sense of gratitude towards the American people.

We believe that the European Union is facing a truly historic choice.

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.

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.

We have come a long way in terms of foreign policy.

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 from any conspicuous display of religious affiliation.

It's true that the question of Iraq divided Europe.