The functioning of our society is in a certain way sclerotic.

De facto, you have a multi-speed Europe. You look at the Schengen, you look at the euro zone, all this kind of cooperations, you have a multi-speed Europe.

What we need is a common goal for more Europe.

France is back.

The doctors, whether based in Brussels or Paris, draw the same conclusions and write the same prescriptions.

Europe's younger generation has only experienced austerity.

We have a huge responsibility to make sure that Europe remains a prosperous and peaceful continent.

A romantic or classical view of the French approach would have been to say, 'It's a French company; let no one attack it. Let's block any merger. But the reality is Alcatel-Lucent is not a French company; it's a global company. Its main markets are China and the U.S. Its ownership is foreign; most of its managers aren't French.

I want France to become the European hub for R&D.

The financial passport is part of full access to the E.U. market, and a precondition for that is the contribution to the E.U. budget. That has been the case in Norway and in Switzerland. That is clear.

We have the eurozone. Could we accept to be cleared, regulated, and de facto have inflows and outflows from a country that has decided to leave the E.U.? For me, definitely not.

We have to be extremely strict on the implementation of Brexit so there is a common approach between member states. We must avoid a sector-by-sector or country-by-country approach, and ask the U.K. to be clear.

We back Hinkley Point project. It's very important for France; it's very important for the nuclear sector and EDF.

I kept trying, proposing, pushing... If you want to succeed, you cannot leave work half done, and unfortunately, many things were left half done. The choice was made not to launch a second wave of economic reforms that I was proposing.

Popularity isn't an objective in itself. I'm not in this game.

I'm not a movie star, and I don't want to become a movie star.

We need young Frenchmen who want to become billionaires.

We've created rigidities at the entrance point in artisanal occupations.

You can suddenly have a series of countries waking up and saying, 'I want the same status as the Brits,' which will be, de facto, the dismantling of the rest of Europe.

We should not replicate the situation where one country is in a situation to hijack the rest of Europe because they organize a referendum.

You need a debate and a vote on the principles: Do you want more Europe or less Europe? Do you believe we are more efficient with defense and security with Europe, or not? Do you believe we are more efficient for our companies with or without Europe? Those are the questions we have to discuss and push our people to vote on it.

Even if the Brits decide to remain, we will have to avoid a contagion on other countries.

I have a vision of my country, and I cannot sit and watch things pass by.

We have a lack of growth in Europe, in eurozone, and in France, and we are struggling hard to recover and restore this growth.

E.U. is the first global domestic market.

We have to breathe new life into Europe.

To think that our political organisation is immutable is the best way to hand the country over to the extremes.

When you discuss your steel industry with China you are credible because you are part of the E.U., not because you are just U.K. You will be completely killed otherwise. You will never be in the situation to negotiate face to face with the Chinese because your domestic market is not relevant for the Chinese in comparison with their domestic market.

My priority is my economy minister mandate and to create momentum.

I am from the Left, but I am happy to work with people from the Right.

In a common project, we can bring together well-meaning people from the Left and the Right.

We speak Turkish at home, and I can speak the language. I have a lot of family there - I try to fly to Turkey once a year when I have holidays.

When we lose the ball, we look to win it back as soon as possible. But you can't do it alone; you have to do it all together.

I played a lot at Bayer Leverkusen. I played in the Champions League and in the Bundesliga. I have played a lot of games, and it was a very good decision to go to Leverkusen.

Everyone who knows me knows my respect for women: equality and respect.

My goal is to play a lot, more often, and to be a leader.

It feels good to get to a final, but it makes no sense when you lose, so you have to win the final.

Van Gaal does a good job wherever he is.

My target is to score more goals, not necessarily be the next Steven Gerrard. Obviously, my respect for him is very high, but I want to go my own way. I want to be Emre Can, not copy other players.

I have to work hard. I have to get fitness back. If I get game time - which is always different to training - I have to work hard on my game and get confidence again.

In the Bundesliga, you have Bayern Munich, and they win it every year. Or Dortmund.

It is very nice to be compared to Steven Gerrard, but I know I am not at the same level.

I don't regret leaving Bayern Munich. I am convinced it was the correct step for me.

The big teams will want to avoid Liverpool. Everyone knows we are a very strong side.

I want to play injury-free.

I think you are wrong if you play a Champions League game, and you don't find motivation.

As a kid, my parents told me I always seemed to play football with older people. As a boy, I always trained in the age group above, and even kicking about on the street, I'd play with the bigger ones.

I always make sure I work hard every day and give everything in the game, in training, and off the pitch, too.

Sure, the Bundesliga would interest me. Why not?

I believe that I am a different person off the pitch than I am on it. On the pitch, I am a bit louder, and off the pitch, I am quieter.