"Brexit is the other face of the refugee crisis - tensions that lead to stasis, external risks that lead to asymmetric shocks."
"The refugee crisis shows we can't be isolated from the world's geopolitical troubles."
"We're not isolated from the world. The world knocks on our door."
"To create greater convergence, we need more intergration."
"You can block a marriage, but you cannot force a marriage."
"Popularity isn't my compass. Unless it can help one to act, to be understood... that's what counts."
"A Left that does nothing achieves nothing."
"Leaving the E.U. would mean the 'Guernseyfication' of the U.K., which would then be a little country on the world scale. It would isolate itself and become a trading post and arbitration place at Europe's border."
"If I was British, I would vote resolutely 'remain' because it's in the U.K.'s interest."
"If the U.K. wants a commercial access treaty to the European market, the British must contribute to the European budget like the Norwegians and the Swiss do. If London doesn't want that, then it must be a total exit."
"To avoid the trap of Europe fragmenting on the economy, security, and identity, we have to return to the original promises of the European project: peace, prosperity and freedom. We should have a real, adult, democratic debate about the Europe we want."
"Without investment, you cannot have jobs."
"Historically speaking, the French economy was largely driven by the demand side."
"France has to reform, to recover, and get more competitiveness."
"What we need is much more flexibility for the labour markets."
"France has to accelerate in terms of reform."
"The refugee crisis is a challenge for the whole of Europe, and Europe - it's a very fair point to say it's not just a security issue. It's also an economic issue."
"It's about our ability precisely to integrate a people and offer jobs, and that, for me, is one of the key rationales of the reforms I'm pushing, and I'm a strong believer in that when you lift barriers, when you deregulate a lot of stuff, basically you improve the equality of opportunities."
"If people do not believe in Europe and in the euro area, it must be dismantled."
"The status quo leads to self-destruction."
"I am not a socialist."
"I learned the life of business, commerce - it's an art."
"The best way to afford a suit is to work."
"I don't want a tailor-made approach where the British have the best of two worlds. That will be too big an incentive for others to leave and kill the European idea, which is based on shared responsibilities."
"I am attached to a strict approach to Brexit: I respect the British vote, but the worst thing would be a sort of weak E.U. vis-a-vis the British."
