Brussels, 27/08/2007 (Agence Europe) - In a press release published on 26 August, the European Commission paid homage to its former president between 1981-85, Gaston Thorn, who died on the same day at the age of 78. On the previous day, the Commission expressed its sadness at learning of the death of one of its former members, Raymond Barre.
Commission president José Manuel Barroso declared, “Gaston Thorn was a great European who was aware that European cooperation was the only way ahead...