Jacques Delors, Father of European Integration, Dies at 98

FILE - European Commission President Jacques Delors listens to a question during a press conference on Oct. 21, 1994, at the EU headquarters in Brussels. Delors has died, his family announced on Dec. 27, 2023. FILE - German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, left, and European Commission President Jacques Delors organize documents before the opening session of the European Summit in Luxembourg on June 28, 1991. FILE - Jacques Delors of France, president of the European Commission, meets British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher for talks at 10 Downing Street, London, on Nov. 26, 1986.

Jacques Delors, a passionate advocate of post-war European integration and a founding father of the European Union's single currency project, has died, his family said. He was 98.