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
country europe six
Europe started out with six countries; three small countries and three large countries.
europe unions majors
There have been major disagreements within the European Union.
europe diversity today
When I see the cultural diversity that exists today, I feel that we must defend it, and we need Europe, because otherwise we are going to live in a society with a single model, the Anglo-American model.
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.
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.
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.
believe europe choices
We believe that the European Union is facing a truly historic choice.
We have come a long way in terms of foreign policy.
We feel an enormous sense of gratitude towards the American people.
constitution dialogue founded involves involving labour recognises social trade unions
This constitution recognises the need for social dialogue involving labour and management; it involves trade unions in the decision-making process; it has a social vision founded on social dialogue.
foundation republic attacking
I tell fundamentalists that there is no question of them attacking our Republic's foundations.
mean two important-relationships
France has a very important relationship with Germany. But that does not mean that we agree about everything or that two of our universities or companies are not going to compete.
believe impact important
I believe that transatlantic relations are very important and that President Bush's visit to Brussels, in a few days, will have a major impact on that.