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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.
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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.
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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.
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Therefore one should speak at the same time of national citizenship and wider European citizenship.
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This desire for equity must not lead to an excess of welfare, where nobody is responsible for anything.
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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.
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Cinema explains American society. It's like a Western, with good guys and bad guys, where the weak don't have a place.
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Any union that can't accept workers choosing their own representatives through universal franchise is finished.
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The driving force behind the liberal counter-offensive in Europe has been a reaction against irresponsibility.
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