Quotes from Emmanuel Macron

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

We aren't protecting the people who most need it when those who can contribute to the country's success emigrate. Contrary to what some claim, I am not getting rid of the wealth tax to help the rich.

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

E.U. is the first global domestic market.

What we need is a common goal for more Europe.

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.

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

To create greater convergence, we need more intergration.

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.

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

I will defend Europe; it is our civilisation which is at stake... I will work to rebuild ties between Europe and its citizens.

We have to reconcile Europeans with Europe.

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.

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.

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

We have no choice but to reform this country.

When the president and the prime minister decide to implement reforms, they have all the measures they need to pass them and enforce them.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.