On Iran: 'Iran is trying to acquire the nuclear bomb. I have said that this is not acceptable, and I'm telling the French people that it is unacceptable.'
During an interview on French TV on Thursday.
On Russia: 'Russia is imposing its return on the world scene by playing its assets, notably oil and gas, with a certain brutality. When you are a great power, you should not use brutality.'
In a speech to French ambassadors outlining French foreign policy in August.
On Turkey: 'I want to say that Europe must give itself borders, that not all countries have a vocation to become members of Europe, beginning with Turkey, which has no place inside the European Union.'
In an acceptance address after being nominated as the ruling UMP party's candidate in the French general election last April.
On the European Central Bank: 'They have facilitated things for speculators, while complicating them for entrepreneurs.'
In remarks to journalists at a weekend meeting of EU finance ministers and central bankers in Portugal this month.