In a presidential campaign, you can't lie. You can't hide what you are and what you want. You can't hide what kind of President you'll be. You can't keep on talking about nothing indefinitely and committing to nothing, you can't keep running away from debate, masking the challenges.

The French people need to have all the facts so they can choose. And I won't be running away from it or hiding from it.

I want to wage war against illiteracy, poverty, unemployment, unfair competition, communitarianism, delinquency.

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