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
changed countries europe last longer methods
But with this last enlargement Europe has changed its nature. The new countries are diverse. The old methods will no longer work.
protocol
The U.S. withdrawal from the Kyoto protocol endangers the entire process.
adopted countries except obviously proposal step taken time true
The Commission's proposal was adopted by all countries except Ireland, ... It is true it is the first time that such a step has been taken and it is obviously important.
historical time
I think really this time it's a historical moment,
conceived economic europe movement permits slowly social surely upwards
I have always conceived of the construction of Europe as a movement which permits slowly and surely an upwards social and economic harmonisation.
closed good leftist news party ranks socialist
This is very good news for the Socialists. I think it is important that the Socialist Party closed ranks on a leftist ticket.
budgets danger economic public
derail economic expectations of economic agents, and put public budgets in danger of new imbalances.
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 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.
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.