EU-profilen Jacques Delors död – blev 98 år gammal

Jacques Lucien Jean Delors (French pronunciation: [ʒak lysjɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ dəlɔʁ]; 20 July 1925 – 27 December 2023) was a French and European politician who served as the eighth president of the European Commission from 1985 to 1995. As President of the Commission, he played a key role in creation of the single market and the euro. He was Minister of Finance of France from 1981 to 1984, and a Member of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1981.As President of the European Commission, Delors was the most visible and influential leader in European affairs. He implemented the policies that closely linked the member nations together and promoted the need for unity. He created a single market that made the free movement of persons, capital, goods, and services within the European Economic Community (EEC) possible. He also headed the so-called Delors Committee which proposed the monetary union to create the euro, a new single currency to replace individual national currencies. This was achieved by the signing of the Maastricht Treaty in 1992.