"The first half was end-to-end stuff. In contrast, in this second half it's been one end to the other."

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Perhaps I am following in the footsteps of François Mitterrand, who really did want to shape Europe. My predecessors, by contrast, thought it was best to say nothing at all and to keep all their options open. That may sound like a tactical approach, but perhaps it was simply because they didn't have any ideas for Europe at all.

— Emmanuel Macron