Political leaders have paid tribute to former European Commission President Jacques Delors, who has died aged 98. / Serving from 1985 to 1995, Delors helped create the single market allowing the free movement of people, goods and services around the bloc. / He also laid the groundwork for the single European currency, the euro.

For anyone wondering, here's the full context of what Barroso *actually* said. (That the EU is the size of an empire - but isn't: it's a voluntary and democratic union of democratic nations.)