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" We are a continent of refugees, and if you say we can't integrate refugees, that's not consistent with our values, even if borders cannot be wide open. "
Emmanuel Macron
Open
You
Cannot
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" We have to accept the idea that Europe will be made on a two-speed basis, with a union based on solidarity and differentiation. "
Emmanuel Macron
Solidarity
Will
Accept
" The financial passport is part of full access to the E.U. market, and a precondition for that is the contribution to the E.U. budget. That has been the case in Norway and in Switzerland. That is clear. "
Emmanuel Macron
Contribution
Financial
Budget
" What we need is much more flexibility for the labour markets. "
Emmanuel Macron
Much
Need
Flexibility
" When the president and the prime minister decide to implement reforms, they have all the measures they need to pass them and enforce them. "
Emmanuel Macron
Minister
Decide
Need
" We need to go faster on structural reforms in France. "
Emmanuel Macron
France
Need
Structural
" The strategy we must follow is to defend the special relationship between Great Britain and Europe and, more specifically, between Europe and France. "
Emmanuel Macron
Special
Great
Strategy
" I am from the Left, but I am happy to work with people from the Right. "
Emmanuel Macron
I Am Happy
I Am
Happy
" Popularity isn't my compass. Unless it can help one to act, to be understood... that's what counts. "
Emmanuel Macron
Counts
Help
Popularity
" Leaving the E.U. would mean the 'Guernseyfication' of the U.K., which would then be a little country on the world scale. It would isolate itself and become a trading post and arbitration place at Europe's border. "
Emmanuel Macron
Country
World
Mean
" I've taken my time. I've thought about it; I've consulted, and I've decided that we are going to create a new political movement, one that will be neither on the Right or the Left. "
Emmanuel Macron
Right
Political
Thought
" As to the euro zone avant-garde, it must go towards more solidarity and integration: a common budget, a common borrowing capability, and fiscal convergence. "
Emmanuel Macron
More
Common
Budget
" I think when people have pudding and jobs, they vote for you. "
Emmanuel Macron
Vote
You
I Think
" I will defend Europe; it is our civilisation which is at stake... I will work to rebuild ties between Europe and its citizens. "
Emmanuel Macron
Our
Europe
Defend
" I have a vision of my country, and I cannot sit and watch things pass by. "
Emmanuel Macron
Things
Vision
Watch
" To avoid the trap of Europe fragmenting on the economy, security, and identity, we have to return to the original promises of the European project: peace, prosperity and freedom. We should have a real, adult, democratic debate about the Europe we want. "
Emmanuel Macron
Want
Promises
Freedom
" Brexit is the other face of the refugee crisis - tensions that lead to stasis, external risks that lead to asymmetric shocks. "
Emmanuel Macron
Refugee
Crisis
Face
" I am not a socialist. "
Emmanuel Macron
Am
Socialist
I Am
" If I was British, I would vote resolutely 'remain' because it's in the U.K.'s interest. "
Emmanuel Macron
British
Would
Because
" It's about our ability precisely to integrate a people and offer jobs, and that, for me, is one of the key rationales of the reforms I'm pushing, and I'm a strong believer in that when you lift barriers, when you deregulate a lot of stuff, basically you improve the equality of opportunities. "
Emmanuel Macron
Opportunities
People
Strong
" I will protect and defend France's vital interests. I will protect and defend Europe. "
Emmanuel Macron
Protect
Will
Defend
" Sovereignty is not just at the national level; that's the mistake of Brexit that other people make. "
Emmanuel Macron
Level
Sovereignty
People
" I'm not a movie star, and I don't want to become a movie star. "
Emmanuel Macron
Become
Want
Star
" We can't have our industry progressively destroyed by cheap Chinese imports. "
Emmanuel Macron
Our
Industry
Cheap
" France has to accelerate in terms of reform. "
Emmanuel Macron
France
Terms
Accelerate
" Our mission... it will be difficult, it will take time, it will be demanding for all men and women... will be to act in such a way that French people of the Muslim faith are always more proud of being French than of being Muslim. "
Emmanuel Macron
Men
Women
Time
" I bring the spirit of French conquest. "
Emmanuel Macron
Bring
Spirit
French
" We have the force, the energy, and the determination, and we will not give in to fear. "
Emmanuel Macron
Determination
Energy
Force
" If approval was a criterion in this country, nothing would ever get done. "
Emmanuel Macron
Done
Nothing
Get
" Without investment, you cannot have jobs. "
Emmanuel Macron
Jobs
Without
You
" We have to shift the social model from a lot of formal protections toward loosening bottlenecks in the economy. "
Emmanuel Macron
Model
Economy
Social