Jenkins Commission (EU)
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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
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
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↑
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