Two great European statesmen died over the last two days, France’s Jacques Delors died yesterday and Wolfgang Schäuble from Germany died on St Stephen’s Day.
Delors, born in 1925, was president of the European Commission and was one of the most influential leaders in European affairs. His dream was for unity and peace in Europe. He created a single market a that made the free movement of persons, capital, goods, and services within the European Economic Community (EEC) possible. He also headed the committee which proposed the monetary union to create the euro.
Wolfgang Schäuble was Born in Freiburg im Breisgau in 1942. He was a lifelong member of the CDU. He was president of the Bundestag between 2017 and 2021. Schäuble was the longest serving member of any democratic German parliament.
He was a strong advocate for the European Union.
He served in many German ministries, including Finance.
Schäuble was one of the architects of the smooth unification of Germany.
In 1990 at the age 0f 48 he was the victim of an assassination attempt as a result of which has left paralysed and was wheelchair-bound for the rest of his life.
Delors and Schäuble were two powerful statesmen who were architects for European harmony and German unity.
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