Jean-Pierre Raffarin
Biography
Quotes
- Let them be reassured, it has never been one of our intentions to ban religion in society, but solely to protect the national education system from any conspicuous display of religious affiliation.
- It's a different outlook, and one that I understand. When you are a former member of the Warsaw Pact, when you have lived behind the Berlin Wall, when you have experienced the communist systems that existed in these countries, for them, the West represents hope.
- I think that the proposed constitution is one of the European legal documents with the strongest social dimension I have seen since I began following European issues.
