Jean-Pierre Raffarin

A country like France now does two-thirds of its trade within the euro zone. ↗

— Jean-Pierre Raffarin

#does #euro #france #like #now

Europe started out with six countries; three small countries and three large countries. ↗

— Jean-Pierre Raffarin

#europe #large #out #six #small

France has a very important relationship with Germany. But that does not mean that we agree about everything or that two of our universities or companies are not going to compete. ↗

— Jean-Pierre Raffarin

#agree #companies #compete #does #everything

I am a believer, but I affirm that in public buildings the law of the Republic overrides religious rules. ↗

— Jean-Pierre Raffarin

#am #believer #buildings #i #i am

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. ↗

— Jean-Pierre Raffarin

#brussels #bush #days #few #i

I tell fundamentalists that there is no question of them attacking our Republic's foundations. ↗

— Jean-Pierre Raffarin

#foundations #fundamentalists #i #our #question

I think that the proposed constitution is one of the European legal documents with the strongest social dimension I have seen since I began following European issues. ↗

— Jean-Pierre Raffarin

#constitution #dimension #documents #european #following

I think that we must come together progressively, with the British, the Germans, the Spanish, the Italians and with the new members of the European Union, we must make an effort to forge closer links. ↗

— Jean-Pierre Raffarin

#closer #come #effort #european #european union

I was a Member of the European Parliament for a period of time and I saw a lot of European laws and treaties. ↗

— Jean-Pierre Raffarin

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But the Republic has its rules and it must not tolerate any abuse of them. ↗

— Jean-Pierre Raffarin

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