Laurent Fabius
Laurent Fabius
Laurent Fabiusis a French Socialist politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 17 July 1984 to 20 March 1986...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth20 August 1946
CountryFrance
current duty global learned market oil past pressures pursuit rational reference threaten true
We have strayed from a rational (oil) market equilibrium and it is our duty to reset this market's reference points, ... If the current pressures were to be perpetuated, they could threaten the pursuit of global growth, as we have learned - in a different context, it is true -- from past oil shocks.
constitution european member national pact policy preventing risks sets stability states time
At the same time the Constitution sets in stone the Stability Pact and risks preventing member States from implementing a policy of growth. So we are not able to do things at the European or the national level.
commune resolve suburb visit
When he announces that he's going to visit such and such a commune or suburb every week, that's not how we resolve those problems,
europe issues political
Thanks to the euro, our pockets will soon hold solid evidence of a European identity. We need to build on this, and make the euro more than a currency and Europe more than a territory... In the next six months, we will talk a lot about political union, and rightly so. Political union is inseparable from economic union. Stronger growth and Euorpean integration are related issues. In both areas we will take concrete steps forward.
world helping should
The EU should help the emergence of "organized multipolarity" in the currently non-polar world.
europe economic landing
If the US economic landing is soft there will be no consequences (for Europe).
europe innovation competition
There are 20 million unemployed and what does the Constitution offer us in the Europe of 25, 27 and soon to be 30: policies of unrestricted competition to the detriment of production, wages, research and innovation.
kyoto-protocol withdrawal process
The U.S. withdrawal from the Kyoto protocol endangers the entire process.
bankers shopkeepers
Shopkeepers are not bankers.
strong years want
I want to make an extremely strong appeal to those who abstained. Vote. It takes five minutes and then it's for five years.
strong giving-up views
France on its own cannot impose its point of view. But neither should it give up on its demands. With a clear vote for change France will be in a strong position.
europe growth vision
But Maastricht was not the end of history. It was a first step towards a Europe of growth, of employment, a social Europe. That was the vision of Francois Mitterrand. We are far from that now.
europe perfect wish
This revision of the Constitution will not be perfect. But at least the Constitution will not be inflexible. It will be a step towards the Social Europe which we wish.
technology long would-be
For a long time many believed that there would be an automatic adjustment and counted on a rapid increase in the wages of the emerging nations, on our advances in technology and the costs of transport preventing disruption. But this reassuring analysis is out of date.