Malfatti Commission

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The Malfatti Commission is the European Commission that held office from 1970 to March 21, 1972. Its President was Franco Maria Malfatti.

Contents 1 Work 2 Membership 2.1 Summary by political leanings 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Work

It was the successor to the Rey Commission and was succeeded by the Mansholt Commission. The Malfatti Commission began as the integration process was relaunched: the EC adopting a financial framework and competing the single market. There was also the beginnings of political cooperation, monetary cooperation and of enlargement as talks opened with Denmark, Ireland, Norway and the United Kingdom.^[1]

[edit] Membership

Portfolio(s)	Commissioner	Member state	Party affiliation
President	Franco Maria Malfatti	Italy	DC
Vice President; Agriculture	Sicco Mansholt	Netherlands	Labour
Vice President; Internal Market & Energy	Wilhelm Haferkamp	West Germany
Economic & Financial Affairs	Raymond Barre	France	UDF
Competition & Regional Policy	Albert Borschette	Luxembourg
Social Affairs, Transport & Budget	Albert Coppé	Belgium
External Relations & Trade	Ralf Dahrendorf	West Germany	FDP
External Relations & Development Aid	Jean-François Deniau	France	UDF
Industrial Affairs & Trade	Altiero Spinelli	Italy

[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	1
liberal	3
left leaning / socialist	2
unknown/independent	3

[edit] See also

• Delors Commission
• Santer Commission
• Prodi Commission
• Barroso Commission

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• European Commission Website

v • d • e European Commission Presidents and their Commissions ECSC: Jean Monnet (1952) • René Mayer (1955) • Paul Finet (1958) • Piero Malvestiti (1959) • Rinaldo Del Bo (1963) • Albert Coppé (1963) EAEC: Louis Armand (1958) • Étienne Hirsch (1959) • Pierre Chatenet (1962) EEC: Walter Hallstein (1958)2 EC: Jean Rey (1967) • Franco Maria Malfatti (1970) • Sicco Mansholt (1972) • François-Xavier Ortoli (1973) • Roy Jenkins (1977) • Gaston Thorn (1981) • Jacques Delors (1985)2 EU: Jacques Delors (1993) • Jacques Santer (1995) • Manuel Marín (1999) • Romano Prodi (1999) • José Manuel Barroso (2004) Commission President  · President of the European Council  · Council Presidency  · President of Parliament