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.

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

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

Contrary to what people say, my wife never turned me away from the presidency. She told me to reflect on it and do what I wanted.

This weakening is worsened by the widening distance between the governed and their governments.