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...
years economic social
...within ten years 80% of our economic legislation, perhaps even fiscal and social as well' would come from the EU.
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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.
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.
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.
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Clinton and Gore told me that they were elected in order to bring some compassion to this society. But they have not managed to change much.
america japan europe
Yes, the European model remains superior to that of America and Japan.
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.
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I cannot resign myself to thi decline of Europe, and of France.