Editing Jacques Delors (section)

==Post-presidency==
Delors had a longstanding interest in education. As the initiator of a French law in 1971 ({{Lang|fr|la formation professionnelle continue}}, FPC) requiring firms to set aside part of their profits for educational opportunities for their employees, he also chaired a [[UNESCO]] Commission on Education for the Twenty-first Century from 1993 to 1996, whose final report was published as ''Learning: the Treasure Within''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.unesco.org/delors/treasure.htm |title=UNESCO Task Force on Education, Publications |access-date=17 June 2006 |archive-date=15 June 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615040449/http://www.unesco.org/delors/treasure.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> This work continues to have a significant influence on discourse on lifelong learning, forming the conceptual foundation for both the Canadian Composite Learning Index as well as the [[European Lifelong Learning Indicators (ELLI)]] project.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://institutdelors.eu/en/publications/towards-and-individual-right-to-adult-learning-for-all-europeans-2/|title=Towards an individual right to adult learning for all Europeans|publisher=Jacques Delors Institute|accessdate=28 December 2023|archive-date=28 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228003852/https://institutdelors.eu/en/publications/towards-and-individual-right-to-adult-learning-for-all-europeans-2/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305625744|title=ELLI-Index: A sound measure for lifelong learning in the EU|publisher=European Commission: Joint Research Centre:DOI:10.2788/145|date=May 2010 |doi=10.2788/145 |accessdate=28 December 2023 |author1=European Commission. Joint Research Centre. Institute for the Protection and the Security of the Citizen |last2=Saisana |first2=Michaela |isbn=978-92-79-15629-8 }}</ref>

In 1994, members of the Socialist Party attempted to persuade Delors to run for president. Polls showed that he would have a very good chance of defeating either of the main conservative contenders, Prime Minister [[Édouard Balladur]] and Mayor of Paris [[Jacques Chirac]].<ref name="washpost">{{Cite news|last=Drozdiak|first=William|date=1994-12-13|title=Delors' Vow Not to Run Could Boost French Anti-Europe Forces|language=en-US|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1994/12/13/delors-vow-not-to-run-could-boost-french-anti-europe-forces/ec680111-6a27-4aa3-a717-991b31455ae8/|access-date=2023-12-28|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> However Delors declined to run and the eventual Socialist nominee, [[Lionel Jospin]], was defeated in the [[1995 French presidential election|1995 presidential election]] by Jacques Chirac.<ref name=lemonde>{{cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/europe/article/2023/12/27/jacques-delors-one-of-europe-s-greats-has-died_6381306_143.html|title=Jacques Delors, one of Europe's greats, has died|work=Le Monde|date=27 December 2023|accessdate=28 December 2023|archive-date=28 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228041042/https://www.lemonde.fr/en/europe/article/2023/12/27/jacques-delors-one-of-europe-s-greats-has-died_6381306_143.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Willsher|first1=Kim|last2=Badshah|first2=Nadeem|date=2023-12-27|title=Jacques Delors, former European Commission president, dies aged 98|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/27/jacques-delors-former-european-commission-president-dies-aged-98|access-date=2023-12-28|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=28 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228125317/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/27/jacques-delors-former-european-commission-president-dies-aged-98|url-status=live}}</ref>

Delors founded the Paris-based, centre-left [[think tank]] [[Notre Europe]] in 1996 and remained one of its presidents for the rest of his life.<ref>{{cite book|title=The National Origins of Policy Ideas: Knowledge Regimes in the United States, France, Germany, and Denmark|last=Campbell & Pedersen|first=John L. & Ove K. |year=2014|publisher=Princeton University Press|location=Princeton, NY|isbn=978-0691161167|page=339}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pdc.ceu.hu/archive/00006981/01/LGI_Policy-Research-Institutes-Paper_2003.pdf|title=Policy research institutes and think tanks in Western Europe: Development trends and perspectives|last=Stone & Ullrich|first=Diane & Heidi|year=2013|language=en|access-date=26 January 2020|archive-date=26 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126000325/http://pdc.ceu.hu/archive/00006981/01/LGI_Policy-Research-Institutes-Paper_2003.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> He was president of the {{Lang|fr|Conseil de l'emploi, des revenus et de la cohésion sociale}}, and an honorary member of both the [[Institut Aspen France]] and the [[Club of Rome]].<ref name=lemonde/>

On 15 September 2010, Delors supported the new initiative [[Spinelli Group]], which was founded to reinvigorate the striving for [[federalization of the European Union]]. Other prominent supporters include [[Daniel Cohn-Bendit]], [[Guy Verhofstadt]], [[Sylvie Goulard]], [[Andrew Duff]], and [[Elmar Brok]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spinelligroup.eu/who-we-are/|title=Spinelli group website, Members of the steering group|access-date=17 June 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100921204036/http://www.spinelligroup.eu/who-we-are/|archive-date=21 September 2010}}</ref> In 2010, Delors was the first to be given the Leonardo European Corporate Learning Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leonardo-award.eu/|title=Leonardo|website=leonardo-award.eu|access-date=17 June 2017|archive-date=28 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228053004/http://www.leonardo-award.eu/home.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2012, Delors stated in the ''[[Handelsblatt]]'' newspaper that "If the British cannot support the trend towards more integration in Europe, we can nevertheless remain friends, but on a different basis. I could imagine a form such as a European economic area or a free-trade agreement."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/11/jacques-delors-globalisation-austerity-wisdom-internationalist-spirit-missed |title=Jacques Delors foresaw the perils of austerity. How we need his wisdom now |work=The Guardian |date=11 August 2017 |accessdate=28 December 2023 |last1=Seddon |first1=Mark |archive-date=27 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231227193117/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/11/jacques-delors-globalisation-austerity-wisdom-internationalist-spirit-missed |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 25 June 2015, [[Donald Tusk]] announced that Delors would become the third person to have the title of [[Honorary Citizen of Europe]] bestowed upon them, in recognition of "his remarkable contribution to the development of the European project".<ref name="Tusk">{{cite web|url=http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2015/06/24-tusk-invitation-letter-european-council/|title=Invitation letter by President Donald Tusk to the members of the European Council – Consilium|publisher=[[Europa (web portal)|Europa]]|access-date=17 June 2017|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923225524/http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2015/06/24-tusk-invitation-letter-european-council/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In March 2024, Delors was posthumously given a "Special Recognition" award at ''[[The Parliament Magazine]]''{{'s}} annual [[MEP Awards]], in recognition of his contributions towards the European project, to mark the awards' 20th anniversary.<ref name="Parlimag">{{cite news|url=https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/03/21/mep-awards-seven-lawmakers-recognised-for-outstanding-contribution-to-eu-policymaking|title=MEP awards: Seven lawmakers recognised for outstanding contribution to EU policymaking|date=21 March 2024|work=[[Euronews]]|accessdate=26 March 2024}}</ref>