If you don't have collective agreements between unions and employers, governments have to legislate more.

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

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 prevents people thinking about their futures in a responsible way.

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

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

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

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