"If Israel goes down, we all go down. If Israel is a part of the Western world, if the Western world is eliminated from the Middle East, it is a problem for all of us not only for Israel. It would be a great victory for the enemies of democracy, for the enemies of freedom."
What Israel and the Jewish People have meant historically to Western democracy: "I cannot explain Europe, I cannot explain my country, I cannot explain myself without referring to this heritage they share with us the same values: Freedom, democracy, tolerance and pluralism."
"Trying to isolate Israel is not a good policy. And to demonize Israel is not a good policy."