Jacques Delors died at the end of last year. Newspapers’ titles reminded his role in the creation of the euro currency. Here are several examples1:
- Chris Blackhurst, A single-minded visionary… and public enemy number one in Britain for delivering the euro, The Independent (27 December 2023)
- Robin Cottle, Mastermind of euro Jacques Delors dies as tributes pour in for 98-year-old, Daily Star (27 December 2023)
- Nick Robertson, Former EU executive and father of the euro Jacques Delors dies at 98, The Hill (27 December 2023)
Delors first envisioned the Euro in a 1989 report now named for him — a revolutionary idea of multiple, independent countries with a single currency — and the continent adopted the currency a decade later after contentious debate. It now spans 20 nations, a majority of EU members, and stands as one of the world’s strongest currencies.
- James G Neuger, Jacques Delors, Euro Architect as Leader of EU, Dies at 98, Bloomberg (28 December 2023)
- Richard Wheeler, Matt Watts, Architect of euro and single market Jacques Delors dies aged 98, The Standard (28 December 2023)
- Shashwat Sankranti, Former EU Commission President Jacques Delors, architect of euro project, dies at 98 , Wion (28 December 2023)
- James G Neuger, President Higgins pays tribute to French EU leader and architect of the euro, Jacques Delors, following death, Irish Independent (28 December 2023)
- Safak Costu, Jacques Delors: ‘Mr. Europe’ and Architect of the Euro Passes Away at 98, bnn (28 December 2023)
The Architect of the Euro
Perhaps Delors’ most lasting contribution to the EU was the establishment of the euro as the Union’s single currency. The Delors report in 1989 laid out a timeline for the euro, and the currency was officially adopted a decade later. Today, 20 out of the 27 EU countries use the euro, benefiting approximately 350 million people.
- Jon Rogers Noa Hoffman, Euro chied dead. Jacques Delors dead – former European Commission president, inventor of Euro & founder of single market dies aged 98, The Sun (28 December 2023)
The French socialist also headed the so-called Delors Committee which proposed the monetary union to create the Euro, a new single currency to replace individual national currencies.
He was desperate to drag Britain into the European common currency, leading to fiery run-ins with MPs and journalists.
- For a selection of French newspapers, see this blog entry. It seems to me that there are more mentions of coins and banknotes in French articles than in English ones. I suppose that it can be explained by a more frequent use of these objects. [↩]
OpenEdition vous propose de citer ce billet de la manière suivante :
Alexis D'Hautcourt (9 janvier 2024). Jacques Delors: death of the father of the euro. Faces d'identité. Consulté le 5 décembre 2024 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/vk30
