February 1988Delors I Budget PackageJacques Delors
Delors secured a multi-year budget and reform package that gave the Community greater financial stability.
Historical records for France in 1988, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Delors secured a multi-year budget and reform package that gave the Community greater financial stability.
European leaders asked Delors to chair a committee examining practical steps toward economic and monetary union.
Mitterrand backed the decision to study a staged path toward European Economic and Monetary Union.
Runs against Mitterrand for a 2nd time, defeated in runoff elections. Polls 46% on the vote during the 2nd round
Co-discovers giant magnetoresistance, showing that electrical resistance can depend strongly on electron spin in magnetic multilayers.
Appointed President of France, 2nd term
Appointed Prime Minister of France
Appointed Tour Director of the Tour de France
Delors addressed the British Trades Union Congress and argued for a European social dimension alongside market integration.
Delors addressed the British Trade Union Congress. His speech about a social Europe was pivotal in turning British Labour pro-European and the British Conservatives against it
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