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...
guy cinema weak
Cinema explains American society. It's like a Western, with good guys and bad guys, where the weak don't have a place.
fresh hard lucid
I had to think whether, after 50 years of hard slog, I was still lucid and fresh enough for the job.
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.
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.
way favour individual
Fundamentally, American society is composed of individuals who don't go out of their way to do each other favours.
government agreement unions
If you don't have collective agreements between unions and employers, governments have to legislate more.
unions economics accepting
Any union that can't accept workers choosing their own representatives through universal franchise is finished.
leader political groups
These days there are not enough of such intermediary groups, between the state and the individual, with the result that political leaders are often unduly guided by opinion polls.
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.
desire excess welfare
This desire for equity must not lead to an excess of welfare, where nobody is responsible for anything.
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.