The plenary session will open with a short ceremony honouring the life and legacy of former Commission President Jacques Delors, who passed away on 27 December 2023.
Delors was President of the European Commission from 1985 to 1995 and was a crucial figure in the creation of the EU’s single market and the Economic and Monetary Union.
EP President Roberta Metsola said Jacques Delors was “a giant. A public servant. A visionary. He believed in a Europe built on competition that stimulates, cooperation that strengthens, and solidarity that unites. His vision guides us still today. We honour his memory by keeping his legacy alive.”
During the short ceremony, one speaker for each political group will take the floor.

Plenary session - Commemoration of Jacques Delors

Former Members Association - Annual Memorial Service

EP Plenary session - Commemoration of Jacques Delors

EP Plenary session.- Commemoration of Jacques Delors

European flags at half-mast in front of the European Parliament building in Brussels and Strasbourg in honour of former European Commission President Jacques Delors

EU flags at half mast at the EP building in Brussels following the death of Jacques Delors, former President of the European Commission

EC President meets with a delegation of the Knesset in Strasbourg in December 1985

Giulio ANDREOTTI, Jacques DELORS, Pierre PFLIMLIN

Giulio ANDREOTTI, Jacques DELORS and Pierre PFLIMLIN in Strasbourg in January 1985. Italian Presidency of the EU

Press Conference of Jacques DELORS - EC President at the EP in Strasbourg in January 1985.

Pierre PFLIMLIN - EP President meets with Jacques DELORS - EC President at the EP in Strasbourg in January 1985

Jacques DELORS doing a speech about his appointment as European Commission President at the European Parliament of Strasbourg in January 1985.

This clips is a tribute to the former President of the European Commission (1985-1995) and Member of the European Parliament (1979-1981), Jaques Delors. The footage includes his last speech as Commission's President in the hemicycle of Strasbourg.

Clip - Tribute to Jacques Delors (1925-2023)

Delors was President of the European Commission from 1985 to 1995 and was a crucial figure in the creation of the EU’s single market and the Economic and Monetary Union. The plenary session opens with a ceremony honouring the life and legacy of former Commission President Jacques Delors, who passed away on 27 December 2023. Each political group leader gives a statement during the ceremony.

Commemoration of Jacques Delors: round of political group leaders

The plenary session will open with a short ceremony honouring the life and legacy of former Commission President Jacques Delors, who passed away on 27 December 2023. Delors was President of the European Commission from 1985 to 1995 and was a crucial figure in the creation of the EU’s single market and the Economic and Monetary Union. Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament, gives a statement during the ceremony.

Commemoration of Jacques Delors: Statement by Roberta METSOLA, EP President

Delors was President of the European Commission from 1985 to 1995 and was a crucial figure in the creation of the EU’s single market and the Economic and Monetary Union. The plenary session opens with a ceremony honouring the life and legacy of former Commission President Jacques Delors, who passed away on 27 December 2023. Atmosphere in the Chamber, opening of the ceremony and video

Commemoration of Jacques Delors: Atmosphere in the Chamber, opening of the ceremony and video

The former President of the European Commission and prominent figure of the French left passed away on 27 December aged 98. For the National tribute for former European Commission President Jacques Delors in Paris, France, the European and French flags are at half-mast in front of the European Parliament buildings in Brussels and Strasbourg.

European and French flags at half-mast in front of the European Parliament buildings in Brussels and Strasbourg in honour of former European Commission President Jacques Delors

This Memoclip presents : - Soundbite (French) Jacques DELORS, EC President, Presentation of the new Delors Commission, EP, Strasbourg (France) - 14/01/1985 - Soundbite (French) Jacques DELORS, EC President, 14/01/1985, Interview - Soundbite (French) Pierre PFLIMLIN, EP President, interview on the occasion of the European Council of Milan, Milan (Italy) - 27/06/1985 - Soundbite (French) Gaston THORN, Former EC President, statement during a meeting of the European Federalists, Milan (Italy) - Francis Arthur COCKFIELD, EC Member, Presentation of the white paper on the Internal Market, EP, Strasbourg - 14/01/1986 - Views of empty borders in Belgium, Germany and France (1989)

Memoclip: Single Market - Historical statements

Jacques Delors, President of the European Commission from 1985 to 1995.

Memoclip: Jacques DELORS and the European Parliament

Ceremony of award of the 13th European Book Prize to Laurent GAUDÉ, Nous l’Europe, banquet des peuples (essay) and Jonathan COE, Middle England (novel) Opening speech by David SASSOLI, EP President, with Barbara HENDRICK, President of the jury, Pascal LAMY and Jacques DELORS, in the European Parliament in Brussels.

13th European Book Prize: extracts from the opening speech by David SASSOLI, EP President, ceremony with Barbara HENDRICK, President of the jury and Pascal LAMY with the presence of Jacques DELORS

DELORS, Jacques (FR)

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Clip - Tribute to Jacques Delors (1925-2023)

Commemoration of Jacques Delors: round of political group leaders

Commemoration of Jacques Delors: Statement by Roberta METSOLA, EP President

Commemoration of Jacques Delors: Atmosphere in the Chamber, opening of the ceremony and video

European and French flags at half-mast in front of the European Parliament buildings in Brussels and Strasbourg in honour of former European Commission President Jacques Delors

Memoclip: Single Market - Historical statements

Memoclip: Jacques DELORS and the European Parliament

13th European Book Prize: extracts from the opening speech by David SASSOLI, EP President, ceremony with Barbara HENDRICK, President of the jury and Pascal LAMY with the presence of Jacques DELORS

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Former Members Association - Annual Memorial Service

EP Plenary session - Commemoration of Jacques Delors

EP Plenary session - Commemoration of Jacques Delors

EP Plenary session - Commemoration of Jacques Delors

EP Plenary session - Commemoration of Jacques Delors

EP Plenary session - Commemoration of Jacques Delors

EP Plenary session - Commemoration of Jacques Delors

EP Plenary session.- Commemoration of Jacques Delors

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EP Plenary session - Commemoration of Jacques Delors

European flags at half-mast in front of the European Parliament building in Brussels and Strasbourg in honour of former European Commission President Jacques Delors

EU flags at half mast at the EP building in Brussels following the death of Jacques Delors, former President of the European Commission

EC President meets with a delegation of the Knesset in Strasbourg in December 1985

Giulio ANDREOTTI, Jacques DELORS and Pierre PFLIMLIN in Strasbourg in January 1985. Italian Presidency of the EU

Press Conference of Jacques DELORS - EC President at the EP in Strasbourg in January 1985.

Pierre PFLIMLIN - EP President meets with Jacques DELORS - EC President at the EP in Strasbourg in January 1985

Jacques DELORS doing a speech about his appointment as European Commission President at the European Parliament of Strasbourg in January 1985.

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