On Wednesday 31 January in Brussels, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, several of her predecessors - Romano Prodi, José Manuel Barroso and Jean-Claude Juncker - and around twenty Heads of State or Government from European Union countries paid tribute to the late Jacques Delors, former President of the EU institution between 1985 and 1995.
Ms von der Leyen highlighted the institutional and political legacy that Mr Delors bequeathed to his successors, citing in...