"My values are yours, those of the republican
right," Sarkozy said. "These are the values of fairness, order, merit,
work, responsibility. I accept them. But in these values in which I
believe, there is also movement. I am not a conservative. I do not want
an immobile France. I want innovation, creativity, the struggle against
injustices."
Despite the French republican ideal that ignores religious and
ethnic differences, for example, Sarkozy broke with tradition by
referring to the French as the "heirs of 2000 years of Christianity."
He said that Turkey "does not have its place" as a member of the European Union.
In a veiled reference to those Muslims and immigrants who resist the
French model of integration, he said it was unacceptable to "want to
live in France without respecting and loving France," and learning the
French language. He added, "If you live in France then you respect the
laws and values of the Republic."