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Published: 27 Jan 2010
FR: Sarkozy, Speech by the President of France, at the 40th World Economic Forum, Davos (27/01/2010)
Date: 27/01/2010
Source: The World Economic Forum
Title: FR: Sarkozy, Speech by the President of France, at the 40th World Economic Forum, Davos

 

Ladies and Gentlemen, Heads of State,

May I begin by thanking Professor Schwab and all the organisational staff for inviting me to give the opening address to this 40th Annual Meeting of the Wold Economic Forum.

Ladies and Gentlemen, let me make things perfectly clear: as a political leader, I have not come here to teach, but to learn together from the lessons of the crisis. We are all responsible for the crisis. And we are all responsible for the world we are going to leave our children...