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

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

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

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

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 come to regret my decision, but for the moment, I live at peace with it.

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

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