Just over a year ago, on 27 December 2023, Jacques Delors died at the age of 98. His passing was noted by the general public and many senior political figures; it was reported widely in the media, our agency being no exception. In this very column, I spoke of him as ‘the man whose legacy was not respected’ (see EUROPE B13320A1). To this day, I maintain that by 1995 at the latest, if not before, the capitals of Europe were unquestionably making haste to ignore the White Paper he produced...