Jacques Delors : architect of the modern European Union

SALM, Christian; LEHMANN, Wilhelm

Jacques Delors : architect of the modern European Union

dc.contributor.author	SALM, Christian
dc.contributor.author	LEHMANN, Wilhelm
dc.date.accessioned	2020-08-03T12:46:32Z
dc.date.available	2020-08-03T12:46:32Z
dc.date.issued	2020
dc.description.abstract	The consensus among most historians of European integration and political scientists is that Jacques Delors, who served as President of the European Commission from 1985 to 1995, was the most successful holder of that post to date. His agenda and accomplishments include the EU single market, the Single European Act, Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and the rapid integration of the former German Democratic Republic into the European Community. His combination of coherent agenda-setting and strong negotiating skills, acquired through long experience of trade union bargaining and years of ministerial responsibilities in turbulent times, puts Delors above other Commission Presidents, whether in terms of institutional innovation or the development of new Europe-wide policies. He also showed himself able to react swiftly to external events, notably the collapse of the Soviet bloc, whilst building Europe’s credibility on the international stage. This Briefing records Delors' life across its crucial stages, from trade union activist, senior civil servant, French politician, and Member of the European Parliament, to the helm of the European Commission, where he left the greatest individual impact on European integration history to date. It also traces the most important ideas that guided Delors in his national and European roles. Finally, it describes the political events and key actors which made Delors' decade in office a time of important decisions and progress in the process of European integration and, in doing so, it draws on recent academic literature and on speeches Delors gave in the European Parliament.	en
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dc.publisher	European Parliament	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	European Union History Series	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	2020/PE 652.009	en
dc.relation.uri	https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document.html?reference=EPRS_BRI(2020)652009	en
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dc.title	Jacques Delors : architect of the modern European Union	en
dc.type	Technical Report	en
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