Jean-Pierre Raffarin
Jean-Pierre Raffarin
Jean-Pierre Raffarin; born 3 August 1948) is a French conservative politician and Senator for Vienne...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth3 August 1948
CountryFrance
Jean-Pierre Raffarin quotes about
religious fighting looks
Prohibiting a visible religious sign, which isn't a manifestation of militancy, would look like a fight against religions.
europe diversity unions
Obviously, there is diversity, but Europe is a union of diversity.
iraq europe divided
It's true that the question of Iraq divided Europe.
republic firm know-how
The Republic is open and tolerant but also knows how and when to be firm and make its values respected.
country stress europe
We must stress that the euro has been beneficial to the European Union because, otherwise, in this context of international turmoil, every country would have to devalue their currencies.
religious corny intention
Let them be reassured, it has never been one of our intentions to ban religion in society, but solely to protect the national education system from any conspicuous display of religious affiliation.
religious school affiliation
We shall say clearly that any symbol conspicuously displaying religious affiliation in school is prohibited.
abuse republic tolerate
But the Republic has its rules and it must not tolerate any abuse of them.
europe building process
The Europe we are in the process of building is the Europe of the 21st century; it's not the Europe of the 20th century.
country two france
A country like France now does two-thirds of its trade within the euro zone.
citizens allies united-states
The United States, for a French citizen, is a friend, an ally, to whom we owe, along with most Europeans, our freedom.
thinking effort together
I think that we must come together progressively, with the British, the Germans, the Spanish, the Italians and with the new members of the European Union, we must make an effort to forge closer links.
believe europe choices
We believe that the European Union is facing a truly historic choice.
country wall different
It's a different outlook, and one that I understand. When you are a former member of the Warsaw Pact, when you have lived behind the Berlin Wall, when you have experienced the communist systems that existed in these countries, for them, the West represents hope.