Strasbourg, 08/10/2012 (Agence Europe) - The Welfare State, which was created to eradicate poverty, has become a mechanism that is of use to well organised, healthy people, said Thorbjorn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, in his opening speech for the first World Forum for Democracy to be held in Strasbourg until Thursday 11 October. Speaking on Monday 8 October, Jagland did not avoid any of the aspects of the current confidence crisis taking place towards what has often...