Emmanuel Macron

The refugee crisis shows we can't be isolated from the world's geopolitical troubles.

As to the euro zone avant-garde, it must go towards more solidarity and integration: a common budget, a common borrowing capability, and fiscal convergence.

I am proud of my immaturity and political inexperience.

I have decided to create a new political movement.

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.

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

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.

We need to restore democracy and sovereignty in Europe.

I will protect and defend France's vital interests. I will protect and defend Europe.

I don't have luxurious tastes or great needs, but my independence is worth a lot to me.

If I was British, I would vote resolutely 'remain' because it's in the U.K.'s interest.

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.