Former EU Commission president Jacques Delors dies at 98
Jacques Delors, the former president of the European Commission, who pushed for the creation of the euro, has died at the age of 98, his daughter said on Wednesday.
He was a leading figure on the French left and a major architect of a more unified and integrated European project – a role that put him at odds with the UK’s then prime minister Margaret Thatcher.
Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to Mr Delors as
