In quotes: Sego and Sarko - Telegraph
In quotes: Sego and Sarko
On Immigration and Islam: "If a wife is kept hostage at home without learning French, the whole family will be asked to leave."
"If you come to France and you wear a veil, if you go to one of the administrative buildings, then that's not acceptable. If you don't want your wife to be examined by a male doctor, then you're not welcome here."
Question: "Will you help us to get rid of this scum". Answer: "Enough of this scum? Well, we're going to get rid of them for you." (25 Oct 2005, during 3 weeks of urban violence.)
On America: "Do I consider myself a friend of the Americans? My answer is yes."
On the Anglo-Saxon model: "Where do we get off looking down our noses at countries that have half the unemployment rate we do? Don't we have an interest in looking for models elsewhere? We don't know how to do everything. Voilà. I've said it. We might have something to learn."
"The 35-hour [working week] is unique to France; no one is going to steal the idea."
"Why should one have to be sad, ugly and boring to go into politics?"
On whether Turkey should join the EU: "My opinion is that of the French people." (Most of whom are opposed).
On independence for Corsica: "The French would not be against this by the way. Don’t repeat that. It will create another incident in France. It’s a secret."
On Iran: "We must do everything to prevent Iran from getting military nuclear facilities. France has chosen for now the diplomatic option, which is obviously preferable. Before we move on and make military threats, which are part of a later phase, we have to complete the diplomatic process."
In quotes: Sego and Sarko - Telegraph
In quotes: Sego and Sarko
On Immigration and Islam: "If a wife is kept hostage at home without learning French, the whole family will be asked to leave."
"If you come to France and you wear a veil, if you go to one of the administrative buildings, then that's not acceptable. If you don't want your wife to be examined by a male doctor, then you're not welcome here."
Question: "Will you help us to get rid of this scum". Answer: "Enough of this scum? Well, we're going to get rid of them for you." (25 Oct 2005, during 3 weeks of urban violence.)
On America: "Do I consider myself a friend of the Americans? My answer is yes."
On the Anglo-Saxon model: "Where do we get off looking down our noses at countries that have half the unemployment rate we do? Don't we have an interest in lookin
g for models elsewhere? We don't know how to do everything. Voilà. I've said it. We might have something to learn."
"The 35-hour [working week] is unique to France; no one is going to steal the idea."
"Why should one have to be sad, ugly and boring to go into politics?"
On whether Turkey should join the EU: "My opinion is that of the French people." (Most of whom are opposed).
On independence for Corsica: "The French would not be against this by the way. Don’t repeat that. It will create another incident in France. It’s a secret."
On Iran: "We must do everything to prevent Iran from getting military nuclear facilities. France has chosen for now the diplomatic option, which is obviously preferable. Before we move on and make military threats, which are part of a later phase, we have to complete the diplomatic process."