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 ….

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

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

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 chan….

We will have to create an avant-garde.... We could have a Union for the enlarged Europe, and a Federation for the avant-garde..

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

The European model is in danger if we obliterate the principle of personal responsibility..

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

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

The driving force behind the liberal counter-offensive in Europe has been a reaction against irresponsibility..

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

The problem of how we finance the welfare state should not obscure a separate issue: if each person thinks he has an inalienable right to welfare, no….

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 preve….

My presidential victory, if it had happened, would have been artificial in relation to the Socialist party. It may be that on my deathbed, I will com….

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

The unions still have a job to do, representing their members' interests to governments and parliaments. And I think collective agreements still have….

Yes, the European model remains superior to that of America and Japan..

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

Therefore one should speak at the same time of national citizenship and wider European citizenship..

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

My problem is how to find the best way of being useful..