Jenkins Commission (EU)
The Jenkins Commission was the European Commission that held office from 6 January 1977 to 6 January 1981. Its President was Roy Jenkins.
Work
It was the successor to the Ortoli Commission and was succeeded by the Thorn Commission. Despite stagnating growth and a higher energy bill, the Jenkins Commission oversaw 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][2] President Jenkins was the first President to attend a G8 summit on behalf of the Community.[3]
Membership
Portfolio(s) | Commissioner | Member state | Party affiliation |
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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 | Socialist Workers' Party |
Internal Market, Customs Union, Industrial Affairs | Étienne Davignon | Belgium | none |
Vice-President; Employment and Social Affairs | Henk Vredeling | Netherlands | PvdA |
Vice-President; Agriculture-Fisheries | Finn Olav Gundelach | Denmark | |
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 |
Summary by political leanings
The colour of the row indicates the approximate political leaning of the office holder using the following scheme:
Affiliation | No. of Commissioners |
---|---|
Right leaning / Conservative | 4 |
Liberal | 1 |
Left leaning / Socialist | 6 |
None / Independent | 2 |
References
- ^ Kaltenthaler, Karl (1998). Germany and the Politics of Europe's Money. Duke University Press. p. 42. ISBN 0-8223-2171-8. Retrieved 2007-11-23.
After EC Commission President Roy Jenkins proposed a fixed exchange rate mechanism for the European Community in 1978, Helmut Schmidt picked up on the idea and convinced Giscard of the idea's merits
- ^ Discover the former Presidents: The Jenkins Commission, Europa (web portal), Accessed 23 August 2007
- ^ "EU and the G8". European Commission. Archived from the original on 2007-02-26. Retrieved 2007-09-25.
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
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