Emmanuel Macron Quotes
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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.
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The only way governments or would-be governments respond to ills these days is by seeking to lower the temperature... and that tends to mean public spending.
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We have a huge responsibility to make sure that Europe remains a prosperous and peaceful continent.
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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.
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We've created rigidities at the entrance point in artisanal occupations.
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We have to shift the social model from a lot of formal protections toward loosening bottlenecks in the economy.
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Europe and the world are waiting for us to defend the spirit of the enlightenment everywhere.
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I think when people have pudding and jobs, they vote for you.
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Europe and the world are waiting for us to defend the spirit of Enlightenment, threatened in so many places.
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We ask our companies to restructure; we ask employees to work more for less money because there is overproduction, but then we're unable to defend them from cheaper Chinese imports. We are insane.
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Long live the Republic, long live France.
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I don't want to create a too-big-to-fail player.
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Brexit is the other face of the refugee crisis - tensions that lead to stasis, external risks that lead to asymmetric shocks.
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Really, creation and innovation are part of the French DNA.
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We have a great history; we have a great humanist face to put forward to the world.
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I touched the limits of our political system, which pushes one to last-minute compromises. Explanations are rarely given. It plays to people's fears because it hasn't built an ideological consensus. It produces flawed solutions and too often ignores reality.
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We need people who dream impossible things, who maybe fail, sometimes succeed, but in any case who have that ambition.
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We need to restore democracy and sovereignty in Europe.
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Sovereignty is not just at the national level; that's the mistake of Brexit that other people make.
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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.
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I am not just a liberal movement. I come from the progressive Left. I am trying to refresh and counter the system.
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Don't leave criticism of the E.U. to those who hate it.
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What matters to me is to find rational solutions for those that are facing difficulties so that France preserves jobs and its ability to innovate.
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We have no choice but to reform this country.