Malfatti Commission

The Malfatti Commission is the European Commission that held office from 1 July 1970 to 21 March 1972. Its president was Franco Maria Malfatti.

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]

Membership

The Malfatti Commission

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	SPD
Economic & Financial Affairs	Raymond Barre	France	UDF
Competition & Regional Policy	Albert Borschette	Luxembourg
Social Affairs, Transport & Budget	Albert Coppé	Belgium	CVP
External Relations & Trade	Ralf Dahrendorf	West Germany	FDP
External Relations & Development Aid	Jean-François Deniau	France	UDF
Industrial Affairs & Trade	Altiero Spinelli	Italy

Summary by political leanings

The colour of the row indicates the approximate political leaning of the office holder using the following scheme:

See also

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

References

External links

• European Commission Website

Presidents of the European Commission High Authority of the Coal and Steel Community (1952–1967) Jean Monnet (1952–55) René Mayer (1955–58) Paul Finet (1958–59) Piero Malvestiti (1959–63) Rinaldo Del Bo (1963–67) Acting: Albert Coppé (1967) Commission of the Atomic Energy Community (1958–1967) Louis Armand (1958–59) Étienne Hirsch (1959–62) Pierre Chatenet (1962–67) Commission of the Economic Community (1958–1967) Walter Hallstein (1958–67) Commission of the Communities (1967–2009) Jean Rey (1967–70) Franco Maria Malfatti (1970–72) Sicco Mansholt (1972–73) François-Xavier Ortoli (1973–77) Roy Jenkins (1977–81) Gaston Thorn (1981–85) Jacques Delors (1985–95) Jacques Santer (1995–99) Acting: Manuel Marín (1999) Romano Prodi (1999–2004) José Manuel Barroso (2004–09) Commission (2009–present) José Manuel Barroso (2009–14) Jean-Claude Juncker (2014–present) Commission President President of the European Council Council Presidency President of the European Parliament