Diametrically-opposed demands. Jacques Delors's views on the role of the nations in a united Europe and on the European social model (see this column yesterday) take on a new topicality in the context of the reflection launched by the European Council on the future of the EU. For this reason, it seems like a good time to clear up a few aspects of them.
The most obvious misunderstandings on this future currently concern the economic nature of Europe. Everybody talks of the need to modernise...