Jenkins Commission (EU)

Jenkins Commission (EU)

The Jenkins Commission is 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. [cite book |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=nJJZoYGi2wIC&pg=PA42&lpg=PA42&dq=%22european+monetary+system%22+jenkins&source=web&ots=wAY0QvqOvg&sig=IZcutKKl-oWia8lLCZu1OVwnuDY#PPA42,M1 |title=Germany and the Politics of Europe's Money |author=Kaltenthaler, Karl |work= |date= |accessdate=2007-11-23 |quote=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 |page=p.42 |year=1998 |publisher=Duke University Press |isbn=0822321718] [ [http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/president/history/jenkins/index_en.htm Discover the former Presidents: The Jenkins Commission] , Europa (web portal), Accessed 23 August 2007] President Jenkins was the first President to attend a G8 summit on behalf of the Community. [cite web| url = http://www.deljpn.ec.europa.eu/union/showpage_en_union.external.g8.php| title = EU and the G8| accessdate = 2007-09-25| publisher = European Commission]

Membership

Summary by political leanings

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

ee also

* Delors Commission
* Santer Commission
* Prodi Commission
* Barroso Commission

References

External links

* [http://ec.europa.eu/ European commission website]
* [http://aei.pitt.edu/1535/01/Commission_list.pdf PDF Archive of Commission Membership]
* [http://www.cps.org.uk/pdf/pub/71.pdf PDF Analysis of Political Experience of Commission Membership] by UK politician Tom King and the Centre for Policy Studies


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