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The '''Jenkins Commission''' was the [[European Commission]] that held office from 6 January 1977 to 6 January 1981. Its [[President of the European Commission|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]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/germanypoliticso01kalt |title=Germany and the Politics of Europe's Money |author=Kaltenthaler, Karl |access-date=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=[https://archive.org/details/germanypoliticso01kalt/page/42 42] |year=1998 |publisher=Duke University Press |isbn=0-8223-2171-8}}</ref><ref>[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</ref> President Jenkins was the first President to attend a [[G8]] summit on behalf of the Community.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deljpn.ec.europa.eu/union/showpage_en_union.external.g8.php |title=EU and the G8 |access-date=2007-09-25 |publisher=European Commission |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070226165606/http://www.deljpn.ec.europa.eu/union/showpage_en_union.external.g8.php |archive-date=2007-02-26 }}</ref>

==Membership==
[[File:Jenkins Commission (EU).jpg|thumb|right|400px|The Jenkins Commission]]
{| class="wikitable"
!Portfolio(s)
!Commissioner
!Member state
!Party affiliation
|-
|---- bgcolor=#FFE8E8
|[[President of the European Commission|President]]
|[[Roy Jenkins]]
|{{GBR}}
|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|---- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[European Commissioner for Taxation & Customs Union|Taxation]], [[European Commissioner for Consumer Protection|Consumer Affairs]], [[European Commissioner for Transport|Transport]]
|[[Richard Burke (Irish politician)|Richard Burke]]
| {{IRL}}
|[[Fine Gael]]
|---- bgcolor=#FFE8E8
|[[Vice-President of the European Commission|Vice-President]];<br>[[European Commissioner for External Relations|External Relations]]
|[[Wilhelm Haferkamp]]
|{{FRG}}
|[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]
|---- bgcolor=#FFFFDD
|[[European Commissioner for Energy|Energy]], [[European Commissioner for Science and Research|Research, Science]]
|[[Guido Brunner]]
|{{FRG}}
|[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]]
|---- bgcolor=#FFE8E8
|[[European Commissioner for Competition|Competition]]
|[[Raymond Vouel]]
|{{LUX}}
|[[Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party|Socialist Workers' Party]]
|-
|[[European Commissioner for the Internal Market|Internal Market]], [[European Commissioner for Taxation & Customs Union|Customs Union]], [[European Commissioner for Enterprise & Industry|Industrial Affairs]]
|[[Étienne Davignon]]
|{{BEL}}
|''none''
|-
|---- bgcolor=#FFE8E8
|[[Vice-President of the European Commission|Vice-President]];<br>[[European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs & Equal Opportunities|Employment and Social Affairs]]
|[[Henk Vredeling]]
| {{NLD}}
|[[Dutch Labour Party|PvdA]]
|-
|[[Vice-President of the European Commission|Vice-President]];<br>[[European Commissioner for Agriculture|Agriculture]]-[[European Commissioner for Fisheries|Fisheries]]
|[[Finn Olav Gundelach]]
| {{DNK}}
|
|----- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[Vice-President of the European Commission|Vice-President]];<br>[[European Commissioner for Economic & Financial Affairs|Economic and Finance]], Credit and Investments
|[[François-Xavier Ortoli]]
| {{FRA}}
|[[Gaullist Party|Gaullist]]
|---- bgcolor=#FFE8E8
|[[European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid|Development]]
|[[Claude Cheysson]]
|{{FRA}}
|[[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]]
|---- bgcolor=#FFE8E8
|[[European Commissioner for Regional Policy|Regional Policy]]
|[[Antonio Giolitti]]
| {{ITA}}
|[[Italian Socialist Party|PSI]]
|---- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[Vice-President of the European Commission|Vice-President]];<br>[[European Commissioner for Enlargement|Enlargement]], [[European Commissioner for the Environment|Environment]], [[European Commissioner for Energy|Nuclear Safety]]
|[[Lorenzo Natali]]
|{{ITA}}
|[[Christian Democracy (Italy)|Christian Democrat]]
|---- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[European Commissioner for the Budget|Budget and Financial Control, Financial Institutions]]
|[[Christopher Tugendhat]] 
|{{UK}}
|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]]
|}

=== Summary by political leanings ===
The colour of the row indicates the approximate political leaning of the office holder using the following scheme:
{| class="wikitable sortable" width=25%
!Affiliation
!No. of Commissioners
|---- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[right-wing politics|Right]] leaning / [[Conservatism|Conservative]]
| 4
|---- bgcolor=#FFFFDD
|[[Liberalism|Liberal]]
| 1
|---- bgcolor=#FFE8E8
|[[Left-wing politics|Left]] leaning / [[Socialism|Socialist]]
| 6
|-
|None / [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 2
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://ec.europa.eu/ European commission website]
* [http://aei.pitt.edu/1535/01/Commission_list.pdf PDF Archive of Commission Membership]
* [https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060330120000/http://www.cps.org.uk/pdf/pub/71.pdf PDF Analysis of Political Experience of Commission Membership] by [[United Kingdom|UK]] politician [[Tom King, Baron King of Bridgwater|Tom King]] and the [[Centre for Policy Studies]]

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