French society was a lot more violent in the 1960s and 70s.

We don't know of course what the Americans will want from the allies, whether they will see (us) as desirable participants or whether we'll be seen as people who are best put in the back row.

No French politician will get any mileage by going back on the CAP reforms. Anyone who did would end up with farmers coming out with their pitchforks on the streets, and maybe dumping manure in front of (government) buildings.

The name of the game is to try to line up the international community so the Iranians can't play one against the other.

The timing doesn't look absolutely great. It's not a speech you give if you're trying to convince people not to acquire nuclear weapons.

Russia does not want to have another nuclear power in its region.

Are not interested in having that right diminished by Iran if people come to the conclusion that enrichment is dangerous.

What triggered it was the attack against the trains in the Madrid suburbs.

It sounds very banal, but people have greater trust when politicians do politics and operational guys do operations.