Jacques Delors started his career at the Banque de France in 1945. He worked there until 1962, and was a member of the Economic and Social Council. He became head of the social affairs department of the General Planning Committee until 1969 before being appointed General Secretary for Permanent Training and Social Promotion (1969-1973). He was a member of Prime Minister Jacques Chaban-Delmas’s cabinet (1969-1972), then associate professor at the University of Paris-Dauphine (1974-1979) and director of the research centre ‘Work and Society’.
He was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 1979 and chaired the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee until May 1981. From May 1981 to July 1984, he was Minister of Economics and Finance and was elected, in the meantime, Mayor of Clichy (1983-1984).
Jacques Delors was president of the European Commission from 1985 to 1995.
In October 1996, Jacques Delors founded the Jacques Delors Institute and is today its founding president. In May 2000 he was appointed president of the CERC (Conseil de l’emploi, des revenus et de la cohésion sociale) until July 2009.
From 1992 to 1996, he chaired UNESCO’s International Commission on Education for the 21st century.
He has been awarded the title of Docteur Honoris Causa by 24 universities and won various prizes and distinctions: Prix Jean Monnet (1988), Prix Louis Weiss (1989), Prix Prince des Asturies (1989), Prix Charlemagne (1992), Prix Carlos V (1995), Prix Erasme(1997), Prix de l’économie mondiale (2006). He received the Nijmegen medal of peace in the Netherlands on March 2010.
PUBLICATIONS
PUBLICATIONS
Happy birthday and best wishes, Erasmus!
Blog post
22/02/2022 | Jacques Delors |
Message for the JDI’s 25th anniversary celebration. Thinking Europe as ours
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07/12/2021 | Jacques Delors |
Towards an individual right to adult learning for all europeans
Report
Es ist Zeit
Brief
19/09/2018 | Jacques Delors |
Making the Energy Transition a European Success
Report
21/06/2017 | Jacques Delors | Enrico Letta | Thomas Pellerin-Carlin | Sofia Fernandes | Eulalia Rubio | Jean-Arnold Vinois |
The Awakening
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Yes, we are European!
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Repair and Prepare: Growth and the Euro after Brexit
Report
20/09/2016 | Jacques Delors | Jörg Asmussen | Laurence Boone | Aart De Geus | Henrik Enderlein | Pascal Lamy | Enrico Letta | Philippe Maystadt | Maria João Rodrigues | Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell | António Vitorino |
The EU and our collective security: stronger together!
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EU security: a matter of political urgency
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03/03/2016 | Jacques Delors | Pascal Lamy | António Vitorino | Eneko Landaburu | Etienne Davignon | Nicole Gnesotto | Elisabeth Guigou | Philippe De Schoutheete | Elvire Fabry | Nicole Koenig | Thomas Pellerin-Carlin |
A new start for Social Europe
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Schengen is dead? Long live Schengen!
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After the Greek deal: why it is urgent to complete EMU
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The EU and Greece: Changing frames and pursuing the Odyssey
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Erasmus Pro: for a million “young European apprentices” by 2020
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12/05/2015 | Jacques Delors | Henrik Enderlein | Pascal Lamy | Enrico Letta | François Villeroy de Galhau | António Vitorino | Jean-Michel Baer | Sofia Fernandes |
Jacques Delors discusses the Commission presidency and the EU’s institutional functioning
Brief
19/03/2015 | Jacques Delors |
From the European Energy Community to the Energy Union
Brief
The EU needs a fresh boost… Fast!
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From the European Energy Community to the Energy Union – A new Policy Proposal
Report
Rural life in the 21st century, a beacon of hope for Europe
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Post-election EU: Ask for the programme!
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23/06/2014 | Jacques Delors | António Vitorino |
Engaging Europe in the world
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18/06/2014 | Jacques Delors | Pascal Lamy | António Vitorino | Eneko Landaburu | Elisabeth Guigou | Etienne Davignon | Nicole Gnesotto | Philippe De Schoutheete | Elvire Fabry | Sami Andoura |
Europe: union is an opportunity and a struggle!
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European elections: full steam ahead!
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Endowing the EMU with a Social Dimension
Brief
31/10/2013 | Sofia Fernandes | Jacques Delors |
Germany and the EU : a new cycle?
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Energy solidarity in Europe: from independence to interdependence
Report
31/07/2013 | Sami Andoura | Jacques Delors |
Rethinking the EMU and making Greater Europe positive again
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02/07/2013 | Jacques Delors |
Fear not, we will get there!
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28/06/2013 | Jacques Delors |
Europe between renewal and decline
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24/06/2013 | Jacques Delors | Philippe De Schoutheete |
Rebuilding Greater Europe
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19/06/2013 | Jacques Delors |
The European Energy Community is now !
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Energy transitions and public dialogue: National and European perspectives
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22/05/2013 | Jacques Delors |
EU budget: the path to an agreement
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25/04/2013 | Jacques Delors | António Vitorino |
EU and growth: three pacts rather than one
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04/04/2013 | Jacques Delors | António Vitorino | Erik Belfrage | Yves Bertoncini | Joachim Bitterlich | Jean-Louis Bourlanges | Laurent Cohen-Tanugi | Jonathan Faull | Pierre Lepetit | Sophie-Caroline De Margerie | Riccardo Perissich | Julian Priestley | Maria João Rodrigues | Philippe De Schoutheete | Daniela Schwarzer | Christian Stoffaës | Nicole Gnesotto |
Enough Sauerkraut and Beer
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22/01/2013 | Jacques Delors |
Reform proposals for the euro zone
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14/12/2012 | Jacques Delors | Henrik Enderlein |
Consolidating the EMU, a vital task
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07/12/2012 | Jacques Delors |
The euro zone, core of a political union
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The Single Market: cornerstone of the EU
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21/11/2012 | Jacques Delors |
For a new relaunch of the single market
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15/10/2012 | Jacques Delors |
Completing the Euro: A road map towards fiscal union in Europe
Report
26/06/2012 | Henrik Enderlein | Jacques Delors | Helmut Schmidt | Peter Bofinger | Laurence Boone | Paul De Grauwe | Jean-Claude Piris | Jean Pisani-Ferry | Maria João Rodrigues | André Sapir | António Vitorino | Sofia Fernandes | Eulalia Rubio |
Seminar on the Community Method. Elements of Synthesis
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Stability and growth: perfecting the new European pact
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For a revival of Europe
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10/04/2012 | Jacques Delors |
Joint responses to energy challenges through a European Energy Community
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The EU and the Arab Spring: a vision for our neighbours
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The Maastricht Treaty 20 years on
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29/02/2012 | Jacques Delors |
Solidarity within the Eurozone: how much, what for, for how long?
Policy Paper
President Barroso’s Road Map
Blog post
10/10/2011 | António Vitorino | Jacques Delors |
“The euro, in historical and institutional terms”
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06/10/2011 | Jacques Delors |
“Europe is the solution, not the problem”
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09/09/2011 | Jacques Delors |
The Euro, the investors and the governance – Proceedings of the seminar in honour of Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa
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09/06/2011 | Jacques Delors | Michel Barnier | Peter Bofinger | Etienne Davignon | Mario Draghi | Philippe Lagayette | Mario Monti | Erik Nielsen | Jean Pisani-Ferry | Didier Reynders | Jean-Claude Trichet |
The European Semester: only a first step
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The Question of European Identity
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04/09/2010 | Aziliz Gouez | Jacques Delors |
“Towards a new European Energy Community” Joint Declaration by Jerzy Buzek and Jacques Delors
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Reshaping EU-US Relations: A Concept Paper
Report
The European Union after Lisbon: a three-part counterpoint
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18/11/2009 | Jacques Delors | Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa |
In the face of crisis, there is a need for Europe
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10/12/2008 | Jacques Delors | Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa |
Social experimentation in Europe: Towards a more complete and effective palette of the EU action for social innovation
Report
20/11/2008 | Marjorie Jouen | Jacques Delors |
Introduction to the debate on the future of Europe: Let’s go back to basics
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19/03/2007 | Jacques Delors |
Lack of Economic Growth and Unemployment: the cost of non coopération
Blog post
28/02/2007 | Pierre-Alain Muet | Jacques Delors |
The Netherlands 2004 presidency of the EU
Report
Greece, the European Union and the 2003 Presidency
Report
27/02/2007 | George Pagoulatos | Jacques Delors |
Leading from behind: Britain and the European Constitutional Treaty
Report
26/02/2007 | Anand Menon | Jacques Delors |
20 years of Jean Monnet Committee (1955-1975)
Report
26/02/2007 | Jacques Delors |
Letter to our European friends who want to Vote not
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29/12/2006 | Jacques Delors |
USA/EU: towards a Confidence Pact
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28/12/2006 | Jacques Delors |
Governments and International Institutions with the Debt of the Countries of the South
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28/12/2006 | Jacques Delors |
European “avant-garde”, a new centre of gravity for Europe
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28/12/2006 | Jacques Delors |
Forgiveness and the Promise. The Heritage of Robert Schuman
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28/12/2006 | Jacques Delors |
Intervention of Jacques Delors during the debate organised by Europartenaires
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28/12/2006 | Jacques Delors |
An Economy with the Dimension of the person
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27/12/2006 | Jacques Delors |
The European constitution – a step in before for the EU
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27/12/2006 | Jacques Delors |
European construction, yesterday, today and tomorrow
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27/12/2006 | Jacques Delors |
Speech for the handing-over of the “Sigillum Magnum” of the University of Bologna
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27/12/2006 | Jacques Delors |
Towards a new European Union
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27/12/2006 | Jacques Delors |
Our ideal and our priority: to reunify Europe
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27/12/2006 | Jacques Delors |
To make large Europe a space of Solidarity and Cooperation
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27/12/2006 | Jacques Delors |
Evolution of Economic and Social Cohesion to the Future Widening
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27/12/2006 | Jacques Delors |
Europe and Global Issues
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07/11/2006 | Jacques Delors |
The European Debate in Sweden
Report
01/09/2006 | Olof Petersson | Jacques Delors |
How to enhance economic and social cohesion in Europe after 2006?
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29/08/2006 | Marjorie Jouen | Jacques Delors |
Helmut Schmidt and Valéry Giscard d’Estaing laudatio
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29/08/2006 | Jacques Delors |
The creation of the European Food Authority: institutional implications of risk regulation
Report
23/08/2006 | François Lafond | Jacques Delors |
The European Council
Report
German Federalism and European Integration
Report
22/08/2006 | Jutta Hergenhan | Jacques Delors |
Enlargement of Another Kind
Report
22/08/2006 | Franciszek Draus | Jacques Delors |
The Franco-German motor facing Agenda 2000
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22/08/2006 | Jacques Delors |
As the Euro prepares for take off: a critical review of the first three years of EMU
Report
22/08/2006 | Lluis Navarro | Jacques Delors |
Portugal 2000 : The European way
Report
22/08/2006 | Jacques Delors |
A new mechanism of enhanced co-operation for the enlarged European Union
Report
22/08/2006 | Eric Philippart | Jacques Delors |
European Union: the reform of the Council of Ministers
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22/08/2006 | Jacques Delors |
Budgetary discipline and macroeconomic policy in the European Union
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22/08/2006 | Jacques Delors |
The New Institutional Architecture of the European Union: a Franco-German third Way?
Report
National social pacts
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17/08/2006 | Jacques Delors |
Direct investment in Central and Eastern Europe Union
Report
17/08/2006 | Bérénice Picciotto | Jacques Delors |
Towards a rethinking of the national systems of social protections? Observations on the recent jurisprudence of the Court of Justice
Report
17/08/2006 | Alessandra Bosco | Jacques Delors |
15 countries in a boat: economic and social cohesion – the cornerstone of european integration
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17/08/2006 | Jacques Delors |
A reappraisial of Europe’s social model
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17/08/2006 | Jacques Delors |
The structural funds reform and economic and social cohesion
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28/06/2006 | Jacques Delors |
Global economy prize 2006- University of Kiel
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18/06/2006 | Jacques Delors |
Intervention in front of the Socialist group of the European Parliament
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22/03/2006 | Jacques Delors |
Europe’s unity: a project for the 21st century
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12/01/2006 | Jacques Delors |
Pax Christi prize for peace, 2005
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29/11/2005 | Jacques Delors |
European social dialogue
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04/05/2005 | Jacques Delors |
“The Constitution, a step forward for the European Union” intervention by Jacques Delors
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13/04/2005 | Jacques Delors |
Adress to the Symposium of “Témoin” Club
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25/11/2004 | Jacques Delors |
Speech of Jacques Delors at the Conference of European Institutes of Statistiques
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14/09/2004 | Jacques Delors |
A new institutional equilibrium and collective sovereignty
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24/08/2004 | Jacques Delors |
The European construction, yesterday, today and tomorrow
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07/01/2004 | Jacques Delors |
Ireland and Europe: Continuity and change, the 2004 presidency
Report
22/12/2003 | Brigid Laffan | Jacques Delors |
The state of the European Union fifty years after the creation of the European Agency
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05/06/2003 | Jacques Delors |
Direct investement in new Central and Oriental Europe’s member
Report
30/04/2003 | Bérénice Picciotto | Jacques Delors |
An “Avant-garde” driving the European unification process forward
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31/12/2000 | Jacques Delors |
The European debate in France at the start of the French presidency
Report
30/06/2000 | Jean-Louis Arnaud | Jacques Delors |
Reuniting Europe: Our Historic Mission
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31/10/1999 | Jacques Delors |
Intervention of Jacques Delors to the Convention of the civil company
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15/10/1999 | Jacques Delors |
Reuniting Europe: Europe’s quest for identities
Blog post
13/11/1998 | Jacques Delors | Jean-Louis Arnaud |