Delors Commission
The Delors Commission was the European Commission that held office from 1985 until 1995, which consists of three terms. Its president was Jacques Delors, widely regarded as the most dynamic and successful Commission president ever. It was succeeded by the Santer Commission.
Achievements
The Commission gave a new momentum to the process of European integration, notably presiding over the signature of the Single European Act in February 1986. The Commission can also be considered as the "Founding Fathers of the Euro" as they laid down the foundation for the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) in the Treaty of Maastricht (1992).
Members
During the ten years of the Delors Commission its makeup changed twice.
First term
| portfolio | nominating member state | commissioner | party affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| President |  France
|
Jacques Delors | Socialist Party |
| Secretary General |  United Kingdom
|
David Williamson | none |
| Mediterranean policy |  Spain
|
Abel Matutes | People's Party |
| Alois Pfeiffer | |||
| Personnel, administration and translation |  Portugal
|
António Cardoso e Cunha | Social Democratic Party |
| Environment |  Italy
|
Carlo Ripa di Meana | Sinistra Verde |
| Mediterranean policy and North-South relations | France
|
Claude Cheysson | Socialist Party |
| Francis Cockfield | |||
| External relations and trade policy |  Netherlands
|
Frans Andriessen | KVP |
| Grigoris Varfis | |||
| Economic and financial affairs |  Denmark
|
Henning Christophersen | Venstre |
| Karl-Heinz Narjes | |||
| Italy
|
Lorenzo Natali | ||
| Cooperation and development | Spain
|
Manuel Marin | PSOE |
| Nicolas Mosar | |||
| Budget |  Germany
|
Peter Schmidhuber | CSU |
| Social affairs, competition |  Ireland
|
Peter Sutherland | Fine Gael |
| Stanley Clinton Davis | |||
| Willy de Clercq |
Second term
| portfolio | nominating member state | commissioner | party affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| President | France
|
Jacques Delors | PS |
| Secretary General | United Kingdom
|
David Williamson | none |
| Mediterranean policy | Spain
|
Abel Matutes | People's Party |
| Personnel, administration and translation | Italy
|
Carlo Ripa di Meana | Sinistra Verde |
| Regional Policy and Cohesion | United Kingdom
|
Bruce Millan | Labour |
| Taxes, Revenue Harmonization and Consumer Policies | France
|
Christiane Scrivener | ? |
| Science, research and development | Italy
|
Filippo Maria Pandolfi | ? |
| External relations and trade policy | Netherlands
|
Frans Andriessen | |
| Economic and financial affairs / vice-president | Denmark
|
Henning Christophersen | Venstre |
| ? | Portugal
|
Antonio Cardoso e Cunha | PSD |
| Audiovisual and cultural affairs |  Luxembourg
|
Jean Dondelinger | ? |
| Transport |  Belgium
|
Karel van Miert | SP |
| Cooperation and development | Spain
|
Manuel Marin | PSOE |
| Internal market and industrial affairs | Germany
|
Martin Bangemann | FDP |
| Budget | Germany
|
Peter Schmidhuber | CSU |
| Competition | United Kingdom
|
Sir Leon Brittan | Conservative |
| Employment, industrial relations and social affairs |  Greece
|
Vasso Papandréou | ?PASOK (Socialists) |
| Agriculture | Ireland
|
Ray MacSharry | Fianna Fail |
Third term
| portfolio | nominating member state | commissioner | party affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| President | France
|
Jacques Delors | PS |
| Secretary General | United Kingdom
|
David Williamson | none |
| Transportation, Energy and the Supply Agency for Euratom | Spain
|
Abel Matutes | People's Party |
| Science, research, technological development and education. | Italy
|
Antonio Ruberti | ? |
| Regional Policy and Cohesion | United Kingdom
|
Bruce Millan | Labour |
| Taxes, Revenue Harmonization and Consumer Policies | France
|
Christiane Scrivener | ? |
| Enlargement | Netherlands
|
Hans van den Broek | KVP/CDA |
| Economic and financial affairs / vice-president | Denmark
|
Henning Christophersen | Venstre |
| ?Environment | Greece
|
Ioannis Paleokrassas | ?ND Christian Democrats |
| ? | Portugal
|
João de Deus Pinheiro | PSD/PP |
| Transport | Belgium
|
Karel van Miert | ? |
| Cooperation and development | Spain
|
Manuel Marin | PSOE |
| ? | Spain
|
Marcelino Oreja | ? |
| Internal market and industrial affairs | Germany
|
Martin Bangemann | FDP |
| Employment and Social Affairs | Ireland
|
Padraig Flynn | Fianna Fáil |
| Budget | Germany
|
Peter Schmidhuber | CSU |
| ? | Italy
|
Raniero Vanni d'Archirafi | ? |
| Agricultural Commissioner | Luxembourg
|
René Steichen | ? |
| Competition | United Kingdom
|
Sir Leon Brittan | Conservative |
Key
The colour of the row indicates the approximate political leaning of the office holder using the following scheme:
| affiliation | number of commissioners (1st term) | second term | third term |
|---|---|---|---|
| right leaning / conservative | ? | ? | 3 |
| left leaning / socialist | ? | ? | 4 |
| liberal | ? | ? | 1 |
| other / unknown | ? | ? | 11 |
See also
References
- EU Press release (1988). "Responsibilities of the members of the new commission". Retrieved Mar. 24, 2005.
External links
| Preceded by Thorn Commission |
European Commission | Succeeded by Santer Commission |