Lionel Jospin

We must lead in a different way... We must have an active president, who gives strong direction and works with the government for its implementation.

Co-operation between governments still plays an important role and will remain indispensable.

The fight against terror is a common imperative for democracies and must become so for all nations.

I came to a happy Jewish family in dark days in Europe.

I was thinking of going to London drama schools or to New York, because France didn't accommodate the things I wanted to do in film.

In early 1993, when I was 12, I was separated from my family as the Sierra Leone civil war, which began two years earlier, came into my life.