Political leadership and European integration: The case of Jacques Delors

[From the Introduction]. What I wish to explore in this paper are the dimensions of European political leadership. By "European" political leadership, I mean the political leadership emanating from and relating to the complex polity of the European Community (EC); I also mean the set of political demands and opportunities (in the form of situations and events) that, over the life of the Community, have given rise to instances and manifestations of political leadership which in a number of respects - its duration, effects, style, sources of legitimacy and support - can be distinguished from strictly national leadership.