Jean-Pierre Raffarin — French Politician born on August 03, 1948,

Jean-Pierre Raffarin is a French conservative politician and Senator for Vienne... (wikipedia)

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 feel an enormous sense of gratitude towards the American people.
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.
The Republic is open and tolerant but also knows how and when to be firm and make its values respected.
Obviously, there is diversity, but Europe is a union of diversity.