Behinds Quote by Jacques Delors

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

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

— Jacques Delors

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

— Jacques Delors

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

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

— Jacques Delors

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

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

— Jacques Delors

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

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

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

— Jacques Delors

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

— Jacques Delors

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

— Jacques Delors