I have come here to see for myself what is happening and to discuss with the president and the prime minister what we can do together in the short and the long term.

I am very grateful that the prime minister and the Cabinet decided not to stick to the deadline,

The president has been asking me for the last three years to come, I am happy to be among you.

[French President Jacques Chirac said the bombings left him] stunned and saddened, ... perpetrators of this cowardly attack.

There are now 11 women heads of state or government, in countries on every continent. And three countries -- Chile, Spain and Sweden -- now have gender parity in government.

The balance must be redressed.