The problem with a purely collective system is not only that it requires economic growth, and the right sort of demographic trends, but that it prevents people thinking about their futures in a responsible way. — Jacques Delors Copy Share Image
My objective is that before the end of the millennium Europe should have a true federation. The Commission should become a political executive which… — Jacques Delors Copy Share Image
This weakening is worsened by the widening distance between the governed and their governments. — Jacques Delors Copy Share Image
I would not be opposed to devising a new system of pensions, in which one part was based on collective provision, but which also… — Jacques Delors Copy Share Image
...within ten years 80% of our economic legislation, perhaps even fiscal and social as well' would come from the EU. — Jacques Delors Copy Share Image
The problem of how we finance the welfare state should not obscure a separate issue: if each person thinks he has an inalienable right… — Jacques Delors Copy Share Image
This desire for equity must not lead to an excess of welfare, where nobody is responsible for anything. — Jacques Delors Copy Share Image
The European model is, first, a social and economic system founded on the role of the market, for no computer in the world can… — Jacques Delors Copy Share Image
The countries that share this conception should be able to go further together, without excluding the others, since they can still live in a… — Jacques Delors Copy Share Image
If you don't have collective agreements between unions and employers, governments have to legislate more. — Jacques Delors Copy Share Image
The unions may continue to decline, but if they do, it'll be their fault. — Jacques Delors Copy Share Image
