Emmanuel Macron Quotes

I touched the limits of our political system, which pushes one to last-minute compromises. Explanations are rarely given. It plays to people's fears because it hasn't built an ideological consensus. It produces flawed solutions and too often ignores reality.

- Emmanuel Macron

Political, Touched, Our, Compromises

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

Financial, Access, Been, Norway

We are implementing an in-depth reform on labor market, not to reduce rights for workers but to provide more visibility and more efficiency to investors and employers because it's the key for job creation.

- Emmanuel Macron

Reduce, Employers, Implementing

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, Original, European, Adult

I am attached to a strict approach to Brexit: I respect the British vote, but the worst thing would be a sort of weak E.U. vis-a-vis the British.

- Emmanuel Macron

Worst Thing, British, Sort, Attached

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

Continent, Refugees, Wide, Integrate

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

Strong, About, Our, Integrate

The 28-member Europe must be simpler, clearer, more efficient, and continue to advance on digital and energy issues.

- Emmanuel Macron

Digital, More, Efficient, Simpler

We will open a new bunch of reforms regarding the labor market to make it simpler and adaptable, more flexible.

- Emmanuel Macron

New, Will, More, Simpler

I am not just a liberal movement. I come from the progressive Left. I am trying to refresh and counter the system.

- Emmanuel Macron

Come, Refresh, Counter, Progressive

The doctors, whether based in Brussels or Paris, draw the same conclusions and write the same prescriptions.

- Emmanuel Macron

Paris, Same, Based, Conclusions

Honesty compels me to say that I am not a socialist. But so what?

- Emmanuel Macron

Honesty, I Am, Socialist, Compels

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

Will, Idea, Based, Differentiation

You need a debate and a vote on the principles: Do you want more Europe or less Europe? Do you believe we are more efficient with defense and security with Europe, or not? Do you believe we are more efficient for our companies with or without Europe? Those are the questions we have to discuss and push our people to vote on it.

- Emmanuel Macron

More, Need, Efficient, Our People

I want to unite our people and our country. I will serve you with humility and force in the name of liberte, egalite, fraternite.

- Emmanuel Macron

Country, Will, Unite, Our People

Modernity is disruptive, and I endorse that.

- Emmanuel Macron

Modernity, Endorse, Disruptive

We need to restore democracy and sovereignty in Europe.

- Emmanuel Macron

Europe, Need, Restore, Sovereignty

The status quo leads to self-destruction.

- Emmanuel Macron

Self-Destruction, Leads, Quo, Status Quo

I want France to become the European hub for R&D.

- Emmanuel Macron

Want, France, European, Hub

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, Convergence, Euro, Budget

I am proud of my immaturity and political inexperience.

- Emmanuel Macron

I Am, Proud, Immaturity, Inexperience

You can block a marriage, but you cannot force a marriage.

- Emmanuel Macron

Marriage, Force, Cannot, Block

A romantic or classical view of the French approach would have been to say, 'It's a French company; let no one attack it. Let's block any merger. But the reality is Alcatel-Lucent is not a French company; it's a global company. Its main markets are China and the U.S. Its ownership is foreign; most of its managers aren't French.

- Emmanuel Macron

Been, Global, Classical, Block

We need people who dream impossible things, who maybe fail, sometimes succeed, but in any case who have that ambition.

- Emmanuel Macron

Sometimes, Need, Maybe, Case

When politics is no longer a mission but a profession, politicians become more self-serving than public servants.

- Emmanuel Macron

Politics, More, Profession, Self-Serving

Brexit is the other face of the refugee crisis - tensions that lead to stasis, external risks that lead to asymmetric shocks.

- Emmanuel Macron

Risks, Face, Other, External

We have a huge responsibility to make sure that Europe remains a prosperous and peaceful continent.

- Emmanuel Macron

Sure, Continent, Huge Responsibility

You need basically some accountability rules, which means democratic checks and balances at the euro zone level, and definitely, you have to increase convergence in terms of taxes, in terms of social affairs and so on.

- Emmanuel Macron

Some, Which, Means, Balances

I don't believe that killing the French model in order to become the U.K. or the United States overnight is the solution. You have a big debate on inequality there, and for our society, a lot of inequality would not be bearable.

- Emmanuel Macron

Big, United, United States, Bearable

We can't fix the real problems if we only cauterize and don't treat the roots of evil.

- Emmanuel Macron

Treat, Fix, Only, Real Problems

I kept trying, proposing, pushing... If you want to succeed, you cannot leave work half done, and unfortunately, many things were left half done. The choice was made not to launch a second wave of economic reforms that I was proposing.

- Emmanuel Macron

Wave, Proposing, Half, Economic

We have to reconcile Europeans with Europe.

- Emmanuel Macron

Europe, Europeans, Reconcile

We have to be extremely strict on the implementation of Brexit so there is a common approach between member states. We must avoid a sector-by-sector or country-by-country approach, and ask the U.K. to be clear.

- Emmanuel Macron

Implementation, Clear, Strict

I'm a child of provincial France.

- Emmanuel Macron

Child, France, Provincial

Globalization can be a great opportunity.

- Emmanuel Macron

Opportunity, Globalization, Great Opportunity

The refugee crisis shows we can't be isolated from the world's geopolitical troubles.

- Emmanuel Macron

World, Crisis, Shows, Refugee

The refugee crisis is a challenge for the whole of Europe, and Europe - it's a very fair point to say it's not just a security issue. It's also an economic issue.

- Emmanuel Macron

Crisis, Very, Issue, Refugee

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

Need, Prime, Minister, Enforce

The state has an offensive and defensive role to play as promoter of industrial policies, as regulator and as shareholder.

- Emmanuel Macron

Play, Offensive, Industrial, Defensive

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

Faith, Men And Women, Muslim, French People

Under the French system, you have to take into consideration that every five years, the president is directly elected by the people. He's the one that has the legitimacy.

- Emmanuel Macron

People, Years, Elected, Legitimacy

There are two projects facing each other. There's Marine Le Pen's project of a fractured, closed France. On the other hand, you have my project which is a republican, patriotic project aiming at... reconciling France.

- Emmanuel Macron

Other, Which, Patriotic, Reconciling

Democratic states must have access to content exchanged between terrorists on social media and instant messaging.

- Emmanuel Macron

Access, Social, Terrorists, Social Media

I think when people have pudding and jobs, they vote for you.

- Emmanuel Macron

Think, I Think, Jobs, Pudding

When you discuss your steel industry with China you are credible because you are part of the E.U., not because you are just U.K. You will be completely killed otherwise. You will never be in the situation to negotiate face to face with the Chinese because your domestic market is not relevant for the Chinese in comparison with their domestic market.

- Emmanuel Macron

Steel, Credible, Part, Discuss

Our interests lie in attracting added value and talent to France as a result of Brexit, but also in having a balanced relationship with Great Britain. We must not sacrifice the short term for our bilateral relationship.

- Emmanuel Macron

Having, Britain, Added, Short Term

Popularity isn't my compass. Unless it can help one to act, to be understood... that's what counts.

- Emmanuel Macron

Help, Compass, Act, Understood

To think that our political organisation is immutable is the best way to hand the country over to the extremes.

- Emmanuel Macron

Think, Country, Over, Immutable

France was given up to fire and bloodshed, she experienced famine, she experienced the worst of things, she was nearly chopped up in pieces forever because of the decision... to exclude, to brand one party as guilty and annihilate them.

- Emmanuel Macron

Decision, Given, Nearly, Chopped

I have a vision of my country, and I cannot sit and watch things pass by.

- Emmanuel Macron

Vision, Country, Watch, Sit

I am not shy. I am for an open society. I am for a progressive world. I do not propose to reform France; I propose to transform it at its deepest level.

- Emmanuel Macron

Shy, Level, Am, Open Society

I bring the spirit of French conquest.

- Emmanuel Macron

Spirit, Bring, Conquest, French

Really, creation and innovation are part of the French DNA.

- Emmanuel Macron

Innovation, DNA, Part, French

Historically speaking, the French economy was largely driven by the demand side.

- Emmanuel Macron

Side, Speaking, Largely, French

The French are consistent.

- Emmanuel Macron

Consistent, French

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

Will, Rebuild, Which, Civilisation

We should not replicate the situation where one country is in a situation to hijack the rest of Europe because they organize a referendum.

- Emmanuel Macron

Rest, Country, Replicate, Organize

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

More, Britain, Great Britain, Strategy

My priority is my economy minister mandate and to create momentum.

- Emmanuel Macron

Create, Mandate, Minister, Priority

I will fight with all my power against the divisions that undermine us and which are tearing us apart.

- Emmanuel Macron

Will, Undermine, Which, Apart

I push reforms. I tell the truth to people, even when it's tough for the country.

- Emmanuel Macron

Truth, Country, Even, Push

My key message is be innovative, be ambitious; think global and big on day one.

- Emmanuel Macron

Think, Big, Innovative, Key

If I was British, I would vote resolutely 'remain' because it's in the U.K.'s interest.

- Emmanuel Macron

Interest, Would, Remain, Vote

I will do everything to make sure you never have reason again to vote for extremes.

- Emmanuel Macron

Reason, Never, Sure, Vote

If the U.K. wants a commercial access treaty to the European market, the British must contribute to the European budget like the Norwegians and the Swiss do. If London doesn't want that, then it must be a total exit.

- Emmanuel Macron

London, Access, Commercial, Budget

I want to help with Muslim integration. If you follow the line of Marine Le Pen, you create a civil war.

- Emmanuel Macron

Line, Civil War, Muslim, Integration

What matters to me is to find rational solutions for those that are facing difficulties so that France preserves jobs and its ability to innovate.

- Emmanuel Macron

Solutions, Jobs, Facing, Rational

We have the force, the energy, and the determination, and we will not give in to fear.

- Emmanuel Macron

Give, Will, Force, Energy

Europe's younger generation has only experienced austerity.

- Emmanuel Macron

Generation, Only, Younger, Experienced

We have to breathe new life into Europe.

- Emmanuel Macron

Life, New, Europe, Breathe

The only way governments or would-be governments respond to ills these days is by seeking to lower the temperature... and that tends to mean public spending.

- Emmanuel Macron

Seeking, Lower, Governments, Tends

I'm not a movie star, and I don't want to become a movie star.

- Emmanuel Macron

Star, Want, Movie, Movie Star

We've created rigidities at the entrance point in artisanal occupations.

- Emmanuel Macron

Point, Created, Occupations, Entrance

I will protect and defend France's vital interests. I will protect and defend Europe.

- Emmanuel Macron

France, Will, Defend, Protect

Consolidation means less equipment, less networks, and less jobs.

- Emmanuel Macron

Equipment, Jobs, Means, Consolidation

Never boo or hiss at my rallies. That is for people with no hope.

- Emmanuel Macron

Never, Boo, Rallies, No Hope

France will be on the front line in the fight against terrorism.

- Emmanuel Macron

Will, Line, Front Line, Front

We need young Frenchmen who want to become billionaires.

- Emmanuel Macron

Young, Need, Billionaires, Frenchmen

You can suddenly have a series of countries waking up and saying, 'I want the same status as the Brits,' which will be, de facto, the dismantling of the rest of Europe.

- Emmanuel Macron

Rest, Which, Brits, Waking

There is no access to the market without budgetary contributions... and without respect for the four freedoms of the E.U.

- Emmanuel Macron

Access, Market, Budgetary

We ask our companies to restructure; we ask employees to work more for less money because there is overproduction, but then we're unable to defend them from cheaper Chinese imports. We are insane.

- Emmanuel Macron

Cheaper, Imports, Less Money, Employees

I don't want a tailor-made approach where the British have the best of two worlds. That will be too big an incentive for others to leave and kill the European idea, which is based on shared responsibilities.

- Emmanuel Macron

Big, Which, Based, Incentive

You have to learn to fight for things, to bear the burden and have a life which does not in any way correspond to other peoples' lives.

- Emmanuel Macron

Other, Which, Lives, Correspond

My responsibility will be to unite all the women and men ready to take on the tremendous challenges which are waiting for us, and to act.

- Emmanuel Macron

Waiting, Will, Which, Women And Men

Sovereignty is not just at the national level; that's the mistake of Brexit that other people make.

- Emmanuel Macron

Mistake, Other, Level, Sovereignty

We need to go faster on structural reforms in France.

- Emmanuel Macron

Go, Need, Faster, Structural

I know the divisions in our nation that led some to extreme votes. I respect them.

- Emmanuel Macron

Know, Nation, Some, Extreme

I come all wreathed in a reputation the press has made for me. Judge me on my actions. That's all that counts.

- Emmanuel Macron

Reputation, Made, Counts, Press

Europe and the world are waiting for us to defend the spirit of Enlightenment, threatened in so many places.

- Emmanuel Macron

Waiting, World, Places, Europe

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

Border, Trading, Which, Europe

If people do not believe in Europe and in the euro area, it must be dismantled.

- Emmanuel Macron

Must, Area, Euro, Europe

De facto, you have a multi-speed Europe. You look at the Schengen, you look at the euro zone, all this kind of cooperations, you have a multi-speed Europe.

- Emmanuel Macron

Kind, Euro, Facto, Europe

What we need is a common goal for more Europe.

- Emmanuel Macron

Goal, Common, Need, Europe

We have a lack of growth in Europe, in eurozone, and in France, and we are struggling hard to recover and restore this growth.

- Emmanuel Macron

Restore, Recover, Eurozone, Europe

The challenge is to open a new page in our political life and to take action so that everyone is able to find his or her place in France and in Europe.

- Emmanuel Macron

Political, New, Everyone, Europe

Europe and the world are waiting for us to defend the spirit of the enlightenment everywhere.

- Emmanuel Macron

Waiting, World, Defend, Europe

France has to reform, to recover, and get more competitiveness.

- Emmanuel Macron

More, Reform, Recover, Competitiveness

I don't want to create a too-big-to-fail player.

- Emmanuel Macron

Create, Want, Player

To create greater convergence, we need more intergration.

- Emmanuel Macron

More, Need, Convergence, Greater

Popularity isn't an objective in itself. I'm not in this game.

- Emmanuel Macron

Game, Popularity, Itself, Objective

I want to be the president of all the people of France, for the patriots facing the threat of nationalism.

- Emmanuel Macron

Want, France, Facing, Nationalism

We're not isolated from the world. The world knocks on our door.

- Emmanuel Macron

Door, World, Isolated, Knocks

Even if the Brits decide to remain, we will have to avoid a contagion on other countries.

- Emmanuel Macron

Other, Brits, Even, Contagion

We have to provide more visibility, more certainty to the investors and reduce the cost of failure.

- Emmanuel Macron

Cost, Provide, Reduce, Certainty

Believe in individual initiatives, in courage, in risk.

- Emmanuel Macron

Individual, Initiatives, Risk

I want to become the president of all the people of France - the president of the patriots in the face of the threat from the nationalists.

- Emmanuel Macron

Face, Want, France, Threat

We have the eurozone. Could we accept to be cleared, regulated, and de facto have inflows and outflows from a country that has decided to leave the E.U.? For me, definitely not.

- Emmanuel Macron

Country, Could, Facto, Eurozone

I don't have luxurious tastes or great needs, but my independence is worth a lot to me.

- Emmanuel Macron

Needs, Lot, Tastes, Luxurious

We back Hinkley Point project. It's very important for France; it's very important for the nuclear sector and EDF.

- Emmanuel Macron

Important, Back, Very, Nuclear

We have no choice but to reform this country.

- Emmanuel Macron

Choice, Country, Reform, No Choice

People find it difficult to accept something that is sincere and unique.

- Emmanuel Macron

Unique, Find, Difficult, Sincere

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

Thought, New, Going, Neither

A Left that does nothing achieves nothing.

- Emmanuel Macron

Nothing, Left, Does, Achieves

I am a newcomer. I want to remain a newcomer. That is my DNA.

- Emmanuel Macron

I Am, Want, Remain, DNA

We have to shift the social model from a lot of formal protections toward loosening bottlenecks in the economy.

- Emmanuel Macron

Formal, Lot, Toward, Model

France has always succeeded because it is part of the world.

- Emmanuel Macron

World, Always, Part, Succeeded

Our language, history, and civilization shine out across every continent.

- Emmanuel Macron

Language, Continent, Across, Shine

France has to accelerate in terms of reform.

- Emmanuel Macron

Accelerate, Reform, Terms, France

France is back.

- Emmanuel Macron

Back, France

France is a strong, wealthy country.

- Emmanuel Macron

Strong, Country, Wealthy, France

Long live the Republic, long live France.

- Emmanuel Macron

Live, Long, Republic, France

We can't have our industry progressively destroyed by cheap Chinese imports.

- Emmanuel Macron

Destroyed, Industry, Chinese, Imports

Don't leave criticism of the E.U. to those who hate it.

- Emmanuel Macron

Hate, Leave, Those, Criticism

I am from the Left, but I am happy to work with people from the Right.

- Emmanuel Macron

Work, I Am, Left, I Am Happy

We have a great history; we have a great humanist face to put forward to the world.

- Emmanuel Macron

World, Face, Forward, Humanist

I learned the life of business, commerce - it's an art.

- Emmanuel Macron

Business, Art, Learned, Commerce

I will lead a fight against Islamist terrorism at every level.

- Emmanuel Macron

Will, Against, Level, Lead

What we need is much more flexibility for the labour markets.

- Emmanuel Macron

Flexibility, More, Need, Markets

I realised how much the system did not want to change.

- Emmanuel Macron

How, System, How Much, Realised

Through work, education, and culture, I will give hope to our country.

- Emmanuel Macron

Country, Give, Through, Culture

The functioning of our society is in a certain way sclerotic.

- Emmanuel Macron

Society, Our, Certain, Certain Way

We need to deal with the economy and the moral weakness of the country.

- Emmanuel Macron

Country, Weakness, Deal, Moral

In a common project, we can bring together well-meaning people from the Left and the Right.

- Emmanuel Macron

Common, Left, Well-Meaning, Project

If I were to reason like those who roll out red carpets, I would say we might have some repatriations from the City of London.

- Emmanuel Macron

London, Reason, Some, Red Carpets

The best way to afford a suit is to work.

- Emmanuel Macron

Work, Afford, Best Way, Suit

If approval was a criterion in this country, nothing would ever get done.

- Emmanuel Macron

Country, Ever, Would, Criterion

Without investment, you cannot have jobs.

- Emmanuel Macron

Investment, Without, Cannot, Jobs

E.U. is the first global domestic market.

- Emmanuel Macron

Market, First, Global, Domestic

I'm in a left-wing government, unashamedly... but I also want to work with people from the Right who commit to the same values.

- Emmanuel Macron

Work, Values, Want, Left-Wing

I am not a socialist.

- Emmanuel Macron

I Am, Am, Socialist

No matter who you voted for, I do not hold anything against you.

- Emmanuel Macron

Matter, Against, Voted, Hold

I have decided to create a new political movement.

- Emmanuel Macron

Political, New, Create, Decided

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