
Jacques Delors
Jacques Lucien Jean Delors was a French politician who served as president of the European Commission from 1985 to 1995. Delors played a key role in the creation of the European single market, the euro and the evolution of the (then) European Economic Community (EEC) towards the modern European Union (EU).
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- 14th arrondissement of Paris
- Educated at
- Lycée Blaise-PascalLycée VoltaireParis Faculty of Law and Economics
- Awards
- 🏆 Charlemagne Prize🏆 Catalonia International Prize🏆 honorary citizen of Europe🏆 Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg🏆 Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"It is impossible to build Europe on only deregulation...1992 is much more than the creation of an internal market abolishing barriers to the free movement of goods services and investment...The intern…"
"I have a passion for reform, for the progress of man and society. I cannot stand the feeling of being useless."
"Farmers have their dignity, just as others do. It is fine to make efforts to make them react to markets, but you cannot then tie their hands and take away their choices. That is putting them in a stra…"
"According to , the issue now is to build a greater Europe around a single market and some areas of co-operation, notably in the environment. Everything else is flexible. I call that Europe à la carte.…"
"Cars are free to circulate but still there are speed limits, therefore I do not see why, at the international level, we should not study ways to limit monetary movements. Bankers cannot act at will. .…"
"What I see is European construction drifting towards a free-trade zone, that is to say an English-style Europe, which I reject. If we do nothing, this will lead in 15 years to a break-up. I reject a E…"
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Timeline
1925
Born
Birth2023
Died
Death
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