Each Country Has A Soul, And France's

I Don't Want To Drive The Markets Crazy. I Don't Want To Create Trouble, But Rather Order And Rules And Norms. We Have To Struggle Against Financial Excesses, Those Who Speculate With Sovereign Debt, Those Who Develop Financial Products Which Have Done So Much Harm.

Between France And Senegal There's A History. There's A Language That We Both Speak. There's A Culture That We Share And To Which Both Of Our Peoples Have Contributed. But Beyond Our History, Beyond Our Language, Beyond The Links That Have United Us For So Long, What Unites Us Today Is The Future.

My Adversary Is The World Of Finance.

The British Have Been Particularly Shy About The Issues Of Financial Regulation, And Attentive Only To The Interests Of The City - Hence Their Reluctance To See The Introduction Of A Tax On Financial Transactions And Tax Harmonisation In Europe.

I Don't Want To Leave My Successor And My Children To Pay For France's Debt.