Jacques Delors

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

— Jacques Delors

#any #choosing #finished #franchise #own

Cinema explains American society. It's like a Western, with good guys and bad guys, where the weak don't have a place. ↗

— Jacques Delors

#american society #bad #bad guys #cinema #explains

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

— Jacques Delors

#contracts #employment #even #in the past #less

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

— Jacques Delors

#also #always #been #liberty #me

Fundamentally, American society is composed of individuals who don't go out of their way to do each other favours. ↗

— Jacques Delors

#american society #composed #each #favours #fundamentally

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

— Jacques Delors

#decline #europe #france #i #myself

I had to think whether, after 50 years of hard slog, I was still lucid and fresh enough for the job. ↗

— Jacques Delors

#enough #fresh #had #hard #i

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

#also #based #collective #devising #gave

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

— Jacques Delors

#between #collective #employers #governments #legislate

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

#also #anything #change #conservatives #left-wing