I’ve written for UnHerd about the legacy of Jacques Delors, the former President of the European Commission who passed away on Wednesday. Delors is often eulogised as the “founding father of modern Europe” — as if that were a good thing. A more apt description would be “founding father of the techno-authoritarian and anti-democratic juggernaut that is the EU”. Indeed, no single single individual bears a greater responsibility for the neoliberalisation and Maastrichtisation of Europe — and the birth of the euro, the most dysfunctional and upward-wealth-transferring currency ever created — than Delors.
Thomas Fazi 