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
Portfolio(s) | Commissioner | Member state | Party affiliation |
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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 | Italian Communist 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 | 2 |
Liberal | 3 |
Left leaning / Socialist | 2 |
Eurocommunist | 1 |
Independent | 1 |
See also
References
- ^ Discover the former Presidents: The Malfatti Commission, Europa (web portal), Accessed 23 August 2007
External links
- European Commission Website
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Commission of the Atomic Energy Community
(1958–1967)
(1958–1967)
Commission of the Economic Community
(1958–1967)
(1958–1967)
Commission of the Communities
(1967–2009)
(1967–2009)
- Jean Rey (Rey Commission, 1967–70)
- Franco Maria Malfatti (Malfatti Commission, 1970–72)
- Sicco Mansholt (Mansholt Commission, 1972–73)
- François-Xavier Ortoli (Ortoli Commission, 1973–77)
- Roy Jenkins (Jenkins Commission, 1977–81)
- Gaston Thorn (Thorn Commission, 1981–85)
- Jacques Delors (Delors Commission, 1985–95)
- Jacques Santer (Santer Commission, 1995–99)
- Acting: Manuel Marín (Santer Commission, 1999)
- Romano Prodi (Prodi Commission, 1999–2004)
- José Manuel Barroso (Barroso Commission, 2004–09)
Commission (2009–present)