Emmanuel Macron

E.U. is the first global domestic market.

You need basically some accountability rules, which means democratic checks and balances at the euro zone level, and definitely, you have to increase convergence in terms of taxes, in terms of social affairs and so on.

I'm a child of provincial France.

I realised how much the system did not want to change.

I've taken my time. I've thought about it; I've consulted, and I've decided that we are going to create a new political movement, one that will be neither on the Right or the Left.

The 28-member Europe must be simpler, clearer, more efficient, and continue to advance on digital and energy issues.

Under the French system, you have to take into consideration that every five years, the president is directly elected by the people. He's the one that has the legitimacy.

I am not just a liberal movement. I come from the progressive Left. I am trying to refresh and counter the system.

I want to be the president of all the people of France, for the patriots facing the threat of nationalism.

There are two projects facing each other. There's Marine Le Pen's project of a fractured, closed France. On the other hand, you have my project which is a republican, patriotic project aiming at... reconciling France.

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.

I think when people have pudding and jobs, they vote for you.