Delors

/ dəˈlɔː /

noun

1. DelorsJacques (Lucien Jean)1925MFrenchPOLITICS: politicianSOCIAL SCIENCE: economistPOLITICS: statesman 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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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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Serving from 1985 to 1995, Delors helped create the single market allowing the free movement of people, goods and services around the bloc.

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"The truth was that Jacques Delors and Margaret Thatcher deeply disliked each other personally, they hated each other for personal and political reasons," he added.

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