"The U.S. withdrawal from the Kyoto protocol endangers the entire process."
"But Maastricht was not the end of history. It was a first step towards a Europe of growth, of employment, a social Europe. That was the vision of Francois Mitterrand. We are far from that now."
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Source: Chirac allies storm ahead in poll. cnn.com. June 10, 2002.
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