About Jean-Pierre Raffarin: Jean-Pierre Raffarin is a French conservative politician and Senator for Vienne.
We believe that the European Union is facing a truly historic choice.
We feel an enormous sense of gratitude towards the American people.
We have come a long way in terms of foreign policy.
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.
We shall say clearly that any symbol conspicuously displaying religious affiliation in school is prohibited.
We would like UN resolutions to be enforced, including on Iraq.
I was a Member of the European Parliament for a period of time and I saw a lot of European laws and treaties.
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.
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.
