France on its own cannot impose its point of view. But neither should it give up on its demands. With a clear vote for change France will be in a strong position.

We on the left who are pro-European and Internationalist wish to unite the peoples under a social model.

For a long time many believed that there would be an automatic adjustment and counted on a rapid increase in the wages of the emerging nations, on our advances in technology and the costs of transport preventing disruption. But this reassuring analysis is out of date.

The demographic weight of countries such as China and India exercise a massive pressure on our wages and salaries. They have accomplished massive technological advances and the revolution in information technology has reduced the costs of transport.

The single currency should allow the European Union, and therefore France, to balance its monetary strength with the United States. It should help us adjust to the development of China.

The EU should help the emergence of organized multipolarity in the currently non-polar world.