Upon the announcement of the death of Jacques Delors, which was notified on 27 December to the AFP press agency by his daughter Martine Aubry, tributes began to flood in and numerous articles were published across the whole of Europe; the French newspaper Le Mondedevoted its front page, its editorial and, most significantly, a quality dossier six pages long to him. All of this was very much deserved, given his achievements as President of the European Commission, a post he held for ten years...