Thorn Commission

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The Thorn Commission was the European Commission that held office from 6 January 1981 until 5 January 1985. Its President was Gaston Thorn.

Contents 1 Work 2 Membership 2.1 Summary by political leanings 3 References

[edit] Work

It was the successor to the Jenkins Commission and was succeeded by the Delors Commission. With a current economic criss, it had to speed up enlargement to Greece, Spain and Portugal while making steps towards the Single European Act in 1985.^[1] However with a period of eurosclerosis, due to economic problems and British vetoing over the Community budget, Thorn was unable to exert his influence to any significant extent.^[2]

[edit] Membership

Portfolio	Member state	Office-holder
President	Luxembourg	Gaston Thorn
Delegate of the President; personnel and administration; Statistical Office; Office for Official Publications	Ireland	Richard Burke (after the retirement of Michael O'Kennedy in 1982 to contest the Irish general election)
External Relations including Nuclear Affairs	Germany	Wilhelm Haferkamp
Vice-President; Budget and Financial Control, Financial Institutions and Taxation	United Kingdom	Christopher Tugendhat
Industrial Affairs and Energy	Belgium	Étienne Davignon
Mediterranean policy; enlargement; information	Italy	Lorenzo Natali
Vice-President; Economic and Financial Affairs	France	François-Xavier Ortoli
Regional policy and coordination of Community funds	Italy	Antonio Giolitti
Development (to May 1981)	France	Claude Cheysson
Development (from May 1981)	France	Edgard Pisani (after Cheysson's nomination to the French Government in 1981)
Agriculture and Fisheries	Denmark	Finn Olav Gundelach
Agriculture and Fisheries	Denmark	Poul Dalsager (after Finn Gundelach's death in 1981)
Internal market, industrial innovation, customs union, the environment, consumer protection and nuclear safety	Germany	Karl-Heinz Narjes
Transport; fisheries; coordination of questions related to tourism	Greece	Giorgios Contogeorgis
Personnel, Administration and the Statistics Office	Ireland	Michael O'Kennedy (until 1982)
Employment and Social Affairs	United Kingdom	Ivor Richard
Relations with the European Parliament and competition	Netherlands	Frans Andriessen

[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	six
liberal	one
left leaning / socialist	four
unknown/independent	six

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

[edit] References