The mayor of Lille is in mourning. Martine Aubry’s father, the politician Jacques Delors, died at the age of 98. They had both faced terrible losses.
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The team of France Info mourns the disappearance of a young colleague, Clémentine Vergnaud, suffering from bile duct cancer. This Wednesday, December 27, the former minister and current mayor of Lille Martine Aubrey announced the death of her father, great French political figure. Jacques Delors died at the age of 98: “He died this morning at his Parisian home in his sleep”, said her daughter. Both had been affected by other tragedies…
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Martine Aubry, the politician in mourning again
Jacques Delors was a member of the Socialist Party. He had been Minister of Economy and Finance from 1981 to 1984 under François Mitterand. Expected to be a candidate for the presidential elections in 1995, he refused to run. Above all, he was an important politician for Europe. From 1985 to 1995, he was president of the European Commission and has worked extensively for the institutions of the European Union.
On the private side, Jacques Delors had been very affected by the death of his wife, Marie Delors, in June 2020. They were both in an establishment during Covid and were able to be joined by their daughter Martine Aubry during her last weeks. The husband did not wish to make his death public before the day of his funeral. In 1982, he also lost his brother Jean Paul to leukemia. A discreet family, touched once again by mourning at the end of 2023. President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to Jacques Delors: “Statesman of French destiny. Inexhaustible craftsman of our Europe. Fighter for human justice”.
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