Jacques Delors died on 27 December 2023. He was President of the European Commission from 1985 to 1995 and Finance Minister in François Mitterrand’s government from 1981 to 1985.

Sébastien Maillard, former director and current special advisor of the Jacques Delors Institute in Paris and former EU correspondent in Brussels, pays a fitting tribute to him.

Lorenzo Consoli, one of the most well-known journalists in Europe, has also shared his thoughts on Mr Delors with EESC info readers.

Mr Consoli, an Italian journalist and European correspondent since 1991, is one of the most experienced specialists in European politics, notably working for the Italian news agency Askanews. He was President of the Brussels International Press Association (IPA) from 2006 to 2010 and visiting lecturer in the executive master’s programme in European Journalism and Communication at the Institut des Hautes Études des Communications Sociales (IHECS) in Brussels. (ehp)