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Jacques Delors: his vision for Europe was for a single market for capital, labour, goods and services; and economic and monetary union

Visionary European devoted his life to the creation of a united Europe able to punch its weight on the world stage

Jacques Delors, architect of the European Union who clashed with Margaret Thatcher – obituary

Paradoxically, he had enormous respect for Mrs Thatcher, whom he described as a ‘figure who counts’ in British and European history

Jacques Delors, architect of the modern European Union who clashed repeatedly with Margaret Thatcher – obituary

Jacques Delors, who has died aged 98, was a French intellectual, a socialist and one of the most effective and influential presidents of the Commission in the history of the EU; he was also, arguably, the man who did most to bring about the downfall of Margaret Thatcher.

Tributes pour in for European statesman Jaques Delors

Tributes are pouring in for Jacques Delors, the former president of the European Commission, who has died at the age of 98, according to French media reports citing his daughter Martine Aubry. Delors played a critical role in designing the euro and creating the single market during his time in office in Brussels from 1985 to 1995. In that period, the Maastricht Treaty transformed the European Communities into the European Union. The "Delors Report" paved the way for economic and monetary union.