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.

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.

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

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.

We have to struggle against the conservatives from all sides, not only the right-wingers, but also the left-wing conservatives who don't want to change anything.

Yes, the European model remains superior to that of America and Japan.

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.