Jacques Delors, Architect of EU Integration, Presided Over Key Agreements to Create Single Market and Common Currency
• Jacques Delors headed the European Commission from 1985-1995 and was an architect of the EU's single market and single currency.
• Delors presided over major agreements like the 1987 Single European Act that set the path for borderless economic integration in Europe.
• The 1993 Maastricht Treaty created the European Union and established a path for countries to join the euro currency.
• Delors started off in economics and finance before entering politics and serving as French finance minister starting in 1981.
• Delors is remembered as a pivotal figure in bringing European countries together economically and politically after World War II.