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.

He served in the European Parliament from 1979 to 1981 becoming chairman of its Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Post-Presidency
Delors has a long-standing interest in education. French politics
Born in Paris in a family originating from Corrèze Delors first held in the 1940s through the 1960s a series of posts in French banking and state planning with the Banque de France.

Jacques Lucien Jean Delors (born 20 July 1925) is a French economist and politician the eighth President of the European Commission and the first person to serve three terms in that office (between January 1985 and December 1994).