The Jenkins Commission was the

European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the primary Executive (government), executive arm of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with a number of European Commissioner, members of the Commission (directorial system, informall ...

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 The euro (currency symbol, symbol: euro sign, €; ISO 4217, currency code: EUR) is the official currency of 20 of the Member state of the European Union, member states of the European Union. This group of states is officially known as the ...

. President Jenkins was the first President to attend a G8 summit on behalf of the Community.

Membership

Summary by political leanings

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

References

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 The Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) is a centre-right think tanks, think tank and advocacy group in the United Kingdom. Its goal is to promote coherent and practical policies based on its founding principles of: free markets, "small state," lo ...

{{European Commission European Commissions 1977 establishments in Europe 1981 disestablishments in Europe nl:Lijst van Europese Commissies