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.

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

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

Jacques DELORS - EC President, Dominique BAUDIS

Jacques DELORS - EC President meets with a guest at the EP in Strasbourg in July 1986

Meeting between the European Commission and Marcelino OREJA secretary general of the council of europe

Plenary session in Strasbourg in november 1988

Willy DE CLERCQ, Jacques DELORS, Hans Dietrich GENSCHER

European Council Meeting at the European Parliament in Luxembourg

Enrique BARON CRESPO, Helmut KOHL, Lothar DE MAIZIERE, Charles HAUGHEY and Jacques DELORS

Official visit of Prime minister of DDR and Chancellor of Germany at the European Parliament in Strasbourg

Gianni DE MICHELIS, Enrique BARON CRESPO, Jacques DELORS

Meeting with Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs at the European Parliament in Strasbourg

Jean DODELINGER; Henning CHRISTOPHERSEN; Jacques DELORS

Inter-governmental Preparatory Conference on Economic and Monetary Union at the European Parliament in Strasbourg

EC President meets with Japanese Delegation at the European Parliament in Strasbourg

Egon KLEPSCH, Jacques DELORS, Simone VEIL, Pierre PFLIMLIN, Lord PLUMB

40th anniversary of the foundation of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) - Formal sitting

Leo TINDEMANS, President of the Council, Sir Henry PLUMB, EP President and Jacques DELORS, President of the European Commission in Strasbourg on January 1987.

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

Clip broadcast during the formal sitting in Strasbourg to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Euro. The clip presents young Europeans expressing their memories of the switch to the Euro, a compilation of video archives presenting these historical moments and testimonials on the advantages of a single European currency in daily life. #Euroat20

Clip: 20th anniversary of the Euro - Giving voice to the Euro

This memoclip illustrates the relations between Simone Veil and the European institutions, from her election as President of the European Parliament in 1979 until the inauguration of the Simone Veil Agora in Brussels in 2011. Simone Veil was the first President of the European Parliament elected by universal suffrage, from 1979 to 1982.

Memoclip: Tribute to Simone VEIL

This memoclip illustrates the relations between Mário Soares and the European institutions. Mário Soares was a Portuguese lawyer and Socialist politician. He was President of Portugal when the country entered the European Union in 1986. Mário Soares was President of the European Movement International from 1997 to 1999, and Member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2004.

Memoclip: Mario SOARES and the European Institutions

This memoclip illustrates the main treaties (from Paris to Lisbon) and their consequences on the European Parliament

Memoclip: The treaties

On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of German reunification Lothar DE MAIZIERES and Jacques DELORS addresse in a formal sitting in the European Parliament in Brussels.

20th anniversary of German reunification: extracts of the formal sitting addresses by Lothar DE MAIZIERES and Jacques DELORS

The event "Towards a European Energy Community" takrs place in the European Parliament in Brussels. In a joint meeting in the European Parliament in Brussels, MEPs and MPs from all EU Member States debated on single energy market, sustainable production and security of energy supply.

Towards a European Energy Community: extract from the event

Jacques DELORS, President of the Commission, receives the new President of the Commission, Jacques SANTER, in Brussels. Handshake and roundtable.

Delors Commission: formal handing over Delors/Santer Commissions

Jacques DELORS, President of the Commission and the Members of his College met for the last time in Brussels before to handover with the Santer Commission.

Delors Commission: last meeting of the Delors Commission

Jacques SANTER, President-elect of the EC, Helmut KOHL, German Federal Chancellor, Jacques DELORS, President of the EC, and Klaus KINKEL, German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, give a joint press conference after the extraordinary meeting of the European Council on 15 July 1994 in Brussels. Jacques SANTER, Luxembourgish Prime Minister, is chosen to succeed Jacques DELORS as President of the European Commission.

Santer Commission: joint press conference by Jacques SANTER, President-elect of the EC, Helmut KOHL, German Federal Chancellor, Jacques DELORS, President of the EC, and Klaus KINKEL, after the extraordinary meeting of the European Council, 15/07/1994

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