Jenkins Commission (EU)

For The commission on electoral reform led by Roy Jenkins, see Jenkins Commission (UK).

The Jenkins Commission is the European Commission that held office from 6 January 1977 to 6 January 1981. Its President was Roy Jenkins.

[edit] Work

It was the successor to the Ortoli Commission and was succeeded by the Thorn Commission. Despite stanganting 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]

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	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

The Jenkins Commission

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

^ Kaltenthaler, Karl (1998). Germany and the Politics of Europe's Money. Duke University Press, p.42. ISBN 0822321718. Retrieved on 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. Retrieved on 2007-09-25.

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)

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