Jacques Delors was president of the European Commission from 1985 to 1995.

Main contributions to the European project

1986

Signature of the Single European Act (SEA). Defines the internal market realization in 31 December 1992.

1988

Approval of the "Paquet Delors" to finance measures towards internal market: Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) and Economic and Social Cohesion Policy. Delors proposed budgetary reforms and changes to structural fund distribution.

1992

Signature of the European Union Treaty. Delors had been working on a three-stage scheme to accomplish the Economic and Monetary Union, which was part of this treaty.

Delors and the Jacques Delors Centre

In 1995, his name was given to the Lisbon European Information Centre. Delors was present at the inauguration ceremony and has been cooperating with the Delors Centre throughout the years. He wrote several articles for the Centre`s magazine "Europe New Frontiers" and has been a speecher in some of the Centre`s seminars.