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...Your story noted that statistician Enrico Giovannini is upset that people question official European inflation statistics; he claims that people have some "terrible problems of perception." Is it possible he has lost touch with reality? He is welcome to stay in my house for a month and do some accounting. Products such as cars, refrigerators and new television sets are out of our reach-we are only hoping that our old ones will last 10 more years. We go to a restaurant once in three months, and this year we have decided to do without a summer holiday in nearby...
Jacques Delors was President of the European Commission from 1985-95, helping to make this a period of extraordinary transformation in Europe. During his tenure the European Community became the European Union: a single market on its way to a common currency. More recently, the pace of change has slowed, even stalled. Delors, 81, hopes the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome will give member states new impetus in building the E.U. He spoke with Time about Europe's future, its tumultuous past and why it's still "the Continent of doubt...
TIME: You have said that Europe risks unraveling. Why? Jacques Delors: The European Union has been through other crises, but this one is more serious. None of the 27 member governments has stepped up to frankly explain what they really think we are building the Union for. We need fresh air, and fresh air comes through talking clearly about our future...
...Bretton Woods system and the first oil crisis. Faced with all that, I saw Europe as helpless, disabled and divided. I said to myself that, if this continues, it will undoubtedly mean the decline of Europe. The first measures I proposed as President of the European Commission permitted us to unite and react together against great shocks from outside, and to become more competitive...
...most Europeans, national identity is still more important than any pan-European identity. That doesn't shock me; I myself am a French citizen first, and then a European. What shocks me is the notion that, by withdrawing into our own corners, we will resolve the great challenges of globalization and technological progress...