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"Therefore one should speak at the same time of national citizenship and wider European citizenship."
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"My presidential victory, if it had happened, would have been artificial in relation to the Socialist party. It may be that on my deathbed, I will come to regret my decision, but for the moment, I live at peace with it."
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"The European model is, first, a social and economic system founded on the role of the market, for no computer in the world can process information better than the market."
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"We have to struggle against the conservatives from all sides, not only the right-wingers, but also the left-wing conservatives who don't want to change anything."
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