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...
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.
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.