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...
aggravation may faults
The unions may continue to decline, but if they do, it'll be their fault.
struggle wings want
We have to struggle against the conservatives from all sides, not only the right-wingers, but also the left-wing conservatives who don't want to change anything.
europe unions avant-garde
We will have to create an avant-garde.... We could have a Union for the enlarged Europe, and a Federation for the avant-garde.
europe driving offensive
The driving force behind the liberal counter-offensive in Europe has been a reaction against irresponsibility.
thinking creating issues
The problem of how we finance the welfare state should not obscure a separate issue: if each person thinks he has an inalienable right to welfare, no matter what happens to the world, that's not equity, it's just creating a society where you can't ask anything of people.
years economic social
...within ten years 80% of our economic legislation, perhaps even fiscal and social as well' would come from the EU.
cannot decline resign
I cannot resign myself to thi decline of Europe, and of France.
community conception countries exchange further greater share since
The countries that share this conception should be able to go further together, without excluding the others, since they can still live in a greater community of exchange and co-operation.