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Jacques Delors, who played a central role in the design of the euro and creation of the single market, has died aged 98.

Mr Delors served as European Commission president from 1985 to 1995, a period in which he championed closer European monetary and political union. He was hailed as a "statesman of French destiny" by France' s president Emmanuel Macron.

However to others at the time, like Britain' s Margaret Thatcher who opposed the single currency and European integration, he was regarded with deep suspicion, accused of seeking to build a "European super-state".

Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Adam Fleming.