Published
Jacques Delors, who played a central role in the design of the euro and creation of the single market, has died aged 98.
Mr Delors served as European Commission president from 1985 to 1995, a period in which he championed closer European monetary and political union. He was hailed as a “statesman of French destiny” by France’s president Emmanuel Macron.
However to others at the time, like Britain’s Margaret Thatcher who opposed the single currency and European integration, he was regarded with deep suspicion, accused of seeking to build a "European super-state".
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Adam Fleming.
Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog
For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news
#BBCNews
Mr Delors served as European Commission president from 1985 to 1995, a period in which he championed closer European monetary and political union. He was hailed as a “statesman of French destiny” by France’s president Emmanuel Macron.
However to others at the time, like Britain’s Margaret Thatcher who opposed the single currency and European integration, he was regarded with deep suspicion, accused of seeking to build a "European super-state".
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Adam Fleming.
Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog
For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news
#BBCNews
Sign in or sign up to post comments.
Be the first to comment
Up Next
Autoplay
-
01:08
Mort de Jacques Delors à 98 ans, le dernier grand architecte de l’Europe
-
01:39
Entretien avec Jacques Delors
-
29:00
Euro Plus: Tactical review of Euro 2020 group stage and preview of knockout rounds (25-6-21)
-
01:26
Europa llora la pérdida del "visionario" de la construcción europea Jacques Delors y alaba su legado
-
03:02
Brexit in effect: UK's access to single market ends
-
01:05
Homenaje en Bruselas a Jacques Delors, promotor del euro y del programa Erasmus
-
01:15
Macron preside en París un homenaje al "visionario" europeo Jacques Delors
-
17:56
Mort de Jacques Delors : les valeurs qui l'animaient "n'étaient pas celles d'une soif de pouvoir"
-
04:12
Single-Source Procurement in Ghana: We need a total overhaul of the single-sourcing regime - Simmons
-
06:18
Market Insight: Euro zone bond yields hit a two-week high | REUTERS
-
02:01
Muere Jacques Delors, arquitecto de la Unión Europea moderna
-
02:22
Jacques Delors, « une montagne de susceptibilité dans un lac de sensibilité »
-
02:36
Donald Rumsfeld, architect of Iraq war, has died
-
13:29
Crystal Ball Africa:10th edition to unlock the unlimited potential of Africa's single market|AM Show
-
02:27
Euro 2024: Flawless penalty shootout secures England's place in Euro semi-finals
-
04:11
Lord Trimble, Unionist architect of Good Friday Agreement, has died - BBC News
-
01:50
Jacques Delors : sa dernière interview au « Point »
-
02:41
Beirut explosion: The architect rebuilding families' homes for free - BBC News
-
06:32
Why not single vaccine, single price in India? | Hoonkar
-
13:48
Single Market: Ghanaian entrepreneurs still challenged to take advantage of AfCFTA (26-1-21)
-
00:36
Muere Jacques Delors, expresidente de la Comisión Europea
-
03:45
Jacques Delors, architect of the modern EU, dies at 98 | DW News
Loading...