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Jacques Lucien Jean Delors (20 July 1925 – 27 December 2023) was a French politician who served as the 8th President of the European Commission from 1985 to 1995. He served as Minister of Finance of France from 1981 to 1984.
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The social and human balance of our societies depend on the farming world.
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.
Politicians who attack the dream of a federal Europe are racist bigots intent on undermining the Continent's freedom and peace.
I have a passion for reform, for the progress of man and society. I cannot stand the feeling of being useless.
He thinks I am the man of the past but I am still here. He is the man of the past.
Socialism was not the socialization of losses and the privatization of profits.
If we do not succeed with political union...then the historic decline of Europe which began with the First World War will resume.
What is perceived as a cost by some will turn out to be the competitive advantage of Europe by helping maintain a well-trained, secure workforce, open to change.
We must define the political Europe that we want. We must plead for the federal approach.
Europe is a commercial giant and an economic power of the first rank, but it is a political dwarf. Political cooperation in the Community will grow. The question is whether the supply services will follow.
Federalism is a guideline, not a pornographic word, you can speak it out loud...We have been focusing too much on a country that has said no, no, no!
If we are really on the way towards a political entity with a common foreign policy on basic issues, then I consider that France's nuclear force should be available to serve that policy.
The spirit of the Right is dominated by scepticism towards the possibility of profound change in society and above all towards the idea that man can achieve progress over himself. On the Left, on the other hand, there exists a belief in human and social progress.
The crux is the reform of the treaty which would lead to common action. There must be a will to defend the central interests of Europe. If there is no majority voting, then the same level of impotence will continue.
[Greek voices] must not only be heard claiming their due but also contributing to the European Union.
My feeling is that we will not be able to take all the decisions which will be necessary from now until 1995 unless there is the embryo of a European government in one form or another.
Europe needs an army to fight the resource wars of the twenty-first century.
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