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...
citizenship current democracy europe impossible posing question speak within
It is impossible to speak of citizenship in Europe without posing the question of the current weakening of democracy within each of our countries.
aggravation europe france
I cannot resign myself to the decline of Europe, and of France.
responsibility europe principles
The European model is in danger if we obliterate the principle of personal responsibility.
america japan europe
Yes, the European model remains superior to that of America and Japan.
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.
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.
europe speak citizenship
Therefore one should speak at the same time of national citizenship and wider European citizenship.
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.
against change struggle
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.
careful disperse intervene moment putting
I am being careful not to disperse my energies, so that, when the right moment comes, I can intervene by putting the right question.
fresh hard lucid
I had to think whether, after 50 years of hard slog, I was still lucid and fresh enough for the job.
days fix leaders meeting party quick though trade
Yes, though these days you can't just fix things with a quick meeting of ministers, party leaders and trade unionists, like Monnet did.
cent democracy ideal national per social state swedish
Swedish social democracy used to be my ideal model, yet by the 1980s their state had started to take 56 per cent of national income.