Jacques Delors, Euro Architect as Leader of EU, Dies at 98
- He was president of the European Commission from 1985 to 1995
- His goal of a federally managed Europe was left unfulfilled
Jacques Delors in 1993.
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Jacques Delors, a working-class Frenchman who rose to Europe’s highest office and was the driving force behind the European single market and euro, has died. He was 98.
He died in his sleep at his Paris home on Wednesday, Agence France-Presse reported, citing his daughter, Martine Aubry. The Jacques Delors Institute in Paris, a think tank founded by Delors in 1996, confirmed his death.