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

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

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

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

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

...within ten years 80% of our economic legislation, perhaps even fiscal and social as well' would come from the EU.

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.