In this interview, Jacques Santer, former Luxembourg Prime Minister and Finance Minister, considers the successful cooperation, in the second half of 1985, between the Luxembourg Government and the European Commission, presided over by Jacques Delors, in the preparations for the Single European Act (SEA).

In this interview, Jacques Santer, former Luxembourg Prime Minister and Finance Minister, summarises the origins of the Single European Act (SEA), drawing particular attention to the last-minute difficulties that arose at the Luxembourg European Council held on 2 and 3 December 1985.

In this interview, Jacques F. Poos, former Luxembourg Finance Minister, recalls the objectives of and the stakes involved in the European Monetary System (EMS) and points to its influence on monetary discipline in Europe before and after the adoption of the euro.

Meeting of the Commission of the European Communities presided over for the second time by Jacques Delors, in office from 6 January 1989 to 5 January 1993.

Meeting of the European Commission presided over for the third time by Jacques Delors, in office from 6 January 1993 to 22 January 1995.

Meeting of the Commission of the European Communities presided by Jacques Delors, in office from 7 January 1985 to 5 January 1989.

In his paper dated 23 July 2014, Yves Bertoncini, Director of Notre Europe — Jacques Delors Institute, notes that Jean-Claude Juncker’s election to the post of President of the European Commission represents a new stage in the historical process of rebalancing the powers of the Member States and the European Parliament.

Jacques Delors, President of the Commission of the European Communities, greets the crowd at the ceremony held on 29 May 1986 which saw the blue banner with 12 gold stars, the flag of the Community and its institutions, raised for the first time in front of the seat of the Commission in Brussels.

In his policy paper of 13 May 2014, Yves Bertoncini, Director of Notre Europe–Jacques Delors Institute, outlines the possible causes for the phenomenon of abstention in the European elections.