Laurent Fabius Quotes
- I am a partisan and artisan of Europe. But I draw the lessons of my experience in government.
- We on the left who are pro-European and Internationalist wish to unite the peoples under a social model.
- The single currency should allow the European Union, and therefore France, to balance its monetary strength with the United States. It should help us adjust…
- 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…
- This assumes an upward revision of the European Budget, which is precisely what Jacques Chirac refuses to do. On the contrary, he has demanded a…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- I want to make an extremely strong appeal to those who abstained. Vote. It takes five minutes and then it's for five years.
- Shopkeepers are not bankers.
- The demographic weight of countries such as China and India exercise a massive pressure on our wages and salaries. They have accomplished massive technological advances…
- The U.S. withdrawal from the Kyoto protocol endangers the entire process.
- 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…
- 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…