Jacques Delors, former President of the European Commission is credited with being the architect of the modern European Union. The founding father of the European Union's single currency project has died at the age of 98.
Foreign news agencies reported that Ms. Martin Aubry, Mr. Delors' daughter, was the one who revealed the news of the death of the former President of the European Commission, saying that her father died in his sleep on the morning of Wednesday, December 27. 2023, at his home in Paris.
French President Emmanuel Macron praised Delores. Who previously held the position of French Minister of Finance, he is a statesman. A tireless European craftsman. Ursula von der Leyen, current President of the European Commission, said Delores was a man of vision. Which made Europe stronger
Delores was a French socialist. A strong believer in post-war European integration. He served three terms as President of the European Commission between 1985 and 1995, where he laid the foundations for the use of the euro in the European Union. This includes helping to create the single market and the Schengen Agreement, allowing people, goods and services to move freely within the EU.
But for those who do not agree with the centralization of power in Brussels, for example Margaret Thatcher, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom at the time, Delores is seen as a symbol of EU intervention. He always caused problems for them.
However, former British opposition leader Neil Kinnock praised Delores as calm, polite, intelligent and a troublemaker. Not the Federalist fanatics Thatcher was trying to convey.
“Typical food guru. Problem solver. Devoted beer practitioner. Professional reader. Baconaholic.”