GUARDIAN EUROPE: Politician considered to be founding father of today’s European Union died at his home in Paris
Jacques Delors, the former European Commission president considered a founding father of today’s EU, has died aged 98 at his home in Paris.
Delors, also a former French government minister, was a passionate advocate of postwar European integration and credited as the driving force behind the introduction of the euro, the EU’s single currency, and the creation of the bloc’s single market.
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, was one of the first to pay tribute. “A statesman of French destiny. An inexhaustible architect of our Europe. A fighter for human justice,” he said in a statement.
“Jacques Delors was all these things. His commitment, his ideals and his uprightness will always inspire us. I salute his work and his memory and share the grief of his family.” » | Kim Willsher in Paris and Nadeem Badshah | Wednesday, December 27, 2023
Jacques Delors, figure de la gauche française et de la construction européenne, est mort : L'ancien président de la Commission européenne est décédé ce mercredi à 98 ans, a annoncé sa fille Martine Aubry. »
