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.

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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 edit

The Malfatti Commission
Portfolio(s)CommissionerMember stateParty affiliation
PresidentFranco Maria Malfatti  ItalyDC
Vice President;
Agriculture
Sicco Mansholt  NetherlandsLabour
Vice President;
Internal Market & Energy
Wilhelm Haferkamp  West GermanySPD
Economic & Financial AffairsRaymond Barre  FranceUDF
Competition & Regional PolicyAlbert Borschette  Luxembourg
Social Affairs, Transport & BudgetAlbert Coppé  BelgiumCVP
External Relations & TradeRalf Dahrendorf  West GermanyFDP
External Relations & Development AidJean-François Deniau  FranceUDF
Industrial Affairs & TradeAltiero Spinelli  ItalyItalian Communist Party

Summary by political leanings edit

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

AffiliationNo. of Commissioners
Right leaning / Conservative2
Liberal3
Left leaning / Socialist2
Eurocommunist1
Independent1

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