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[Hillary] Clinton has been a loyal, very effective secretary of state, who has used her star power in a useful way for Obama, and has left her mark on minor issues such as the Internet or integrating development policies better into foreign policy...But the political situation has been such that she has largely been kept on a leash.

November 2, 2012, Justin Vaïsse, AFP

Le monde de Romney, c'est le monde de Bush qui n'a pas beaucoup changé.

October 22, 2012, Justin Vaïsse, La Tribune

François Hollande was met with hostility when he promised to renegotiate the fiscal treaty. Since then, that has become the consensus. There will be a package of growth measures to balance the fiscal compact treaty.[German chancellor Angela] Merkel runs the risk of being isolated [at the G-8 summit]. The US is clearly on the side of growth.”

May 18, 2012, Justin Vaïsse, The Irish Times