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I take what is good where I fi...

I take what is good where I find it. I am for what the Anglo-Saxons call a 'policy mix' in the context of a mixed economy. ... I would simply say...without wishing to offend anyone, that you appreciate the distance which separates British Leyland from Renault. We want to have more Renaults. It is the difference between an industrial policy which succeeds and one which does not.

Jacques Delors 25 quotes

Europe is a commercial giant a...

Europe is a commercial giant and an economic power of the first rank, but it is a political dwarf. Political cooperation in the Community will grow. The question is whether the supply services will follow.

Jacques Delors 25 quotes

The problem of how we finance ...

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.

Jacques Delors 25 quotes

We have to struggle against th...

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.

Jacques Delors 25 quotes

...within ten years 80% of our...

...within ten years 80% of our economic legislation, perhaps even fiscal and social as well' would come from the EU.

Jacques Delors 25 quotes

The problem of how we finance ...

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.

Jacques Delors 25 quotes

This desire for equity must no...

This desire for equity must not lead to an excess of welfare, where nobody is responsible for anything.

Jacques Delors 25 quotes

If you don't have collective a...

If you don't have collective agreements between unions and employers, governments have to legislate more.

Jacques Delors 25 quotes

Contrary to what people say, m...

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.

Jacques Delors 25 quotes

My objective is that before th...

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.

Jacques Delors 25 quotes

My presidential victory, if it...

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.

Jacques Delors 25 quotes

Any union that can't accept wo...

Any union that can't accept workers choosing their own representatives through universal franchise is finished.

Jacques Delors 25 quotes

These days there are not enoug...

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.

Jacques Delors 25 quotes

For me, socialism has always b...

For me, socialism has always been about liberty and solidarity, but also about responsibility.

Jacques Delors 25 quotes

This weakening is worsened by ...

This weakening is worsened by the widening distance between the governed and their governments.

Jacques Delors 25 quotes

Yes, the European model remain...

Yes, the European model remains superior to that of America and Japan.

Jacques Delors 25 quotes

The unions may continue to dec...

The unions may continue to decline, but if they do, it'll be their fault.

Jacques Delors 25 quotes

I cannot resign myself to the ...

I cannot resign myself to the decline of Europe, and of France.

Jacques Delors 25 quotes

Even in Britain, the trade uni...

Even in Britain, the trade unions tell me that employment contracts have less protection than in the past.

Jacques Delors 25 quotes

I would not be opposed to devi...

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.

Jacques Delors 25 quotes

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