Jacques Delors
Jacques Delors
Jacques Lucien Jean Delorsis a French economist and politician, previously the eighth President of the European Commission and the first person to serve three terms in that office. He is the father of Martine Aubry, the former first secretaryof the Socialist Party of France...
desire excess welfare
This desire for equity must not lead to an excess of welfare, where nobody is responsible for anything.
america japan europe
Yes, the European model remains superior to that of America and Japan.
jobs thinking agreement
The unions still have a job to do, representing their members' interests to governments and parliaments. And I think collective agreements still have a role, alongside markets and laws.
should-have europe political
My objective is that before the end of the millennium Europe should have a true federation. The Commission should become a political executive which can define essential common interests...responsible before the European Parliament and before the nation-states represented how you will, by the European Council or by a second chamber of national parliaments.
wife people wanted
Contrary to what people say, my wife never turned me away from the presidency. She told me to reflect on it and do what I wanted.
responsibility liberty socialism
For me, socialism has always been about liberty and solidarity, but also about responsibility.
europe roles world
The European model is, first, a social and economic system founded on the role of the market, for no computer in the world can process information better than the market.
distance government long
This weakening is worsened by the widening distance between the governed and their governments.
europe speak citizenship
Therefore one should speak at the same time of national citizenship and wider European citizenship.
regret party presidential
My presidential victory, if it had happened, would have been artificial in relation to the Socialist party. It may be that on my deathbed, I will come to regret my decision, but for the moment, I live at peace with it.
past employment unions
Even in Britain, the trade unions tell me that employment contracts have less protection than in the past.
thinking people growth
The problem with a purely collective system is not only that it requires economic growth, and the right sort of demographic trends, but that it prevents people thinking about their futures in a responsible way.
people incentives provision
I would not be opposed to devising a new system of pensions, in which one part was based on collective provision, but which also gave incentives for people to take out an additional, personal plan.
way problem best-way
My problem is how to find the best way of being useful.