From Community To Union: Jacques Delors, Champion Of Europe

Delors played a transformative role as the European Community became the European Union during his term (Credit: AFP)

For both fans and foes of the European project, Jacques Delors was Brussels' driving force during the EU's greatest period of integration, the creation of the single market and the euro.

In his native France the statesman was a respected figure in the remaking of the centre-left under Francois Mitterrand and for many perhaps the greatest president the country never had.