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29 quotes by Jean-Pierre Raffarin

Jean-Pierre Raffarin (French: [ʒɑ pjɛʁ ʁa.fa.ʁɛ ] ( listen); born 3 August 1948) is a French conservative politician and Senator for Vienne. Jean-Pierre Raffarin served as the Prime Minister of France from 6 May 2002 to 31 May 2005, resigning after France's rejection of the referendum on the European Union draft constitution. However, after Raffarin resigned, he said that his decision was not based on the outcome of the vote. Opinion...
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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... →

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The Republic is open and tolerant but also knows how and when to be firm and make its values respected.

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We feel an enormous sense of gratitude towards the American people.

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We must stress that the euro has been beneficial to the European Union because, otherwise, in this context of international turmoil, every country... →

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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... →

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Obviously, there is diversity, but Europe is a union of diversity.

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I am a believer, but I affirm that in public buildings the law of the Republic overrides religious rules.

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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... →

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But the Republic has its rules and it must not tolerate any abuse of them.

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I tell fundamentalists that there is no question of them attacking our Republic's foundations.

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We would like UN resolutions to be enforced, including on Iraq.

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A country like France now does two-thirds of its trade within the euro zone.

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Europe started out with six countries; three small countries and three large countries.

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