The unions may continue to decline, but if they do, it'll be their fault.

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.

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.

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

The unions may continue to decline, but if they do, it'll be their fault.

We will have to create an avant-garde.... We could have a Union for the enlarged Europe, and a Federation for the avant-garde.