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Article: Mr. Europe's legacy. (Jacques Delors, former European Commission president)
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- September 1, 1996
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Jacques Delors will always be remembered as Mr. Europe. A thinker and actor on a grand scale, he was a driving force behind closer integration during a dizzying 10-year spell as president of the European Commission between 1985 and 1995.
The single market, the European Economic Area - the halfway house linking the European Union to aspiring members - and the timetable for economic and monetary union all bear Delors' indelible mark. His contribution to the cause of a united Europe rivals those of Jean Monnet, Walter Hallstein, and Robert Schumann, the founding fathers of the European Community.
Yet the Delors decade coincided with a polarization of public ...