Jacques Delors und der Imperativ der Versöhnung

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FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Ursula von der Leyen und viele europäische Regierungschefs erwiesen dem früheren EU-Kommissionspräsidenten in Paris die letzte Ehre. Sogar Viktor Orbán war gekommen.

Der französische Präsident hat die Verdienste Jacques Delors’ zur Überwindung der europäischen Spaltung in seiner Trauerrede am Freitag in Paris in den Vordergrund gestellt. Emmanuel Macron würdigte „ein Leben voller mutiger Pionierarbeit, visionärer Intuitionen, harter Arbeit und Geselligkeit“. In Anwesenheit von Bundespräsident Frank-Walter Steinmeier erinnerte Macron daran, wie entschieden sich der damalige EU-Kommissionspräsident für die Wiedervereinigung Deutschlands einsetzte. » | Von Michaela Wiegel | Freitag, 5. Januar 2024

Jacques Delors, Architect of the Modern EU, Dies at 98 | DW News

Dec 28, 2023 | Jacques Delors helped shape the European Union. As the father of the currency common to 20 EU member states, he has left his legacy in the pockets of millions of people across the bloc.

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Jacques Delors, Former European Commission President, Dies Aged 98

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. »