Delors

/ dəˈlɔː /

noun

1. Jacques ( Lucien Jean ). born 1925, French politician and economist, President of the European Commission (1985–94): originator of the Delors plan for closer European union

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French President Emmanuel Macron praised Delors as a "statesman with a French destiny" and an "inexhaustible craftsman of our Europe".

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hailed Delors as a "visionary" and an "architect of the EU as we know it".

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Political leaders have paid tribute to former European Commission President Jacques Delors, who has died aged 98.

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Delors served three terms as European Commission president, longer than anyone else.

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But Delors's vision of an "ever closer union" was not universally shared.

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