Jenkins Commission (EU)
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The Jenkins Commission is the European Commission that held office from 1977 to 6 January 1981. It consisted of its president, Roy Jenkins, and the other commissioners. It was the successor to the Ortoli Commission and was succeeded by the Thorn Commission.
The main development overseen by the Jenkins Commisson was the development of the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union from 1977, which began in 1979 as the European Monetary System, a forerunner of the Single Currency or Euro.[1]
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[edit] Membership
| Portfolio(s) | Commissioner | Member state | Party affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| President | Roy Jenkins |  United Kingdom |
Labour |
| Taxation, Consumer Affairs, Transport | Richard Burke |  Ireland |
Fine Gael |
| Vice-President, External Relations | Wilhelm Haferkamp |  West Germany |
SPD |
| Energy, Research, Science | Guido Brunner | West Germany |
FDP |
| Competition | Raymond Vouel |  Luxembourg |
Social Workers' Party |
| Internal Market, Customs Union, Industrial Affairs | Étienne Davignon |  Belgium |
CD&F |
| Vice-President, Employment and Social Affairs | Henk Vredeling |  Netherlands |
PvdA |
| Vice-President, Agriculture-Fisheries | Finn Olav Gundelach |  Denmark |
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| Vice-President, Economic and Finance, Credit and Investments | François-Xavier Ortoli |  France |
Gaullist |
| Development | Claude Cheysson | France |
Socialist Party |
| Regional Policy | Antonio Giolitti |  Italy |
PSI |
| Vice-President, Enlargement, Environment, Nuclear Safety | Lorenzo Natali | Italy |
Christian Democrat |
| Budget and Financial Control, Financial Institutions | Christopher Tugendhat | United Kingdom |
Conservative Party |
[edit] Summary by political leanings
The colour of the row indicates the approximate political leaning of the office holder using the following scheme:
| affiliation | number of commissioners |
|---|---|
| right leaning / conservative | |
| liberal | |
| left leaning / socialist | |
| unknown/independent |
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- European commission website
- PDF Archive of Commission Membership
- PDF Analysis of Political Experience of Commission Membership by UK politician Tom King and the Centre for Policy Studies
| Preceded by Ortoli Commission |
European Commission | Succeeded by Thorn Commission |
