Jacques Delors: Perspectives on a European Leader

by Helen Drake

Drawing on exclusive interviews with Jacques Delors himself, this comprehensive, accessibly written study of his life and Commission presidency is an invaluable resource for all those interested in European and French Politics. Debunking populist images and myths about him, this book presents a balanced examination of a widely misinterpreted political figure. This book also raises important issues such the role of individual leaders in contemporary politics the legitimacy of the European Union as a political system

Genres: Biography

208 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 14, 2000

Reviews

[Adrian Fanaca · Rating 3 out of 5]

Jacques Delors was a French who run the European Commission in a period in which it developed the Single Market. Its leader was instrumental in European and French politics, a Socialist like most intellectuals in France. This book is very interesting if you're interested in French and European developments in the late 1980 and early 1990s. Delors was very good at economics and fought with various other French politicians for power. He even run for mayor in a small city France, which he lost. He was a finance minister in Mitterand government but held market oriented views, which I think was the key for him being approved by Germany and other European leaders.