For Me, Socialism Has Always Been About

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.

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.

The Unions May Continue To Decline, But If They Do, It'll Be Their Fault.

The European Model Is, First, A Social And Economic System Founded On The Role Of The Market, For No Computer In The World Can Process Information Better Than The Market.

My Objective Is That Before The End Of The Millennium Europe Should Have A True Federation. The Commission Should Become A Political Executive Which Can Define Essential Common Interests... Responsible Before The European Parliament And Before The Nation-states Represented How You Will, By The European Council Or By A Second Chamber Of National Parliaments.