Third 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. Download high resolution version (2533x1858, 757 KB)Third Jacques Delors Commission Round table: (from the right under the flag, in a clockwise direction): Jacques Delors; David Williamson, Secretary General of the CEC; Pascal Lamy, Jacques Delors Head of Cabinet (2nd row); Bruce Millan; Pádraig Flynn; Raniero Vanni dArchirafi... Download high resolution version (2533x1858, 757 KB)Third Jacques Delors Commission Round table: (from the right under the flag, in a clockwise direction): Jacques Delors; David Williamson, Secretary General of the CEC; Pascal Lamy, Jacques Delors Head of Cabinet (2nd row); Bruce Millan; Pádraig Flynn; Raniero Vanni dArchirafi... The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive of the European Union. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Handshake between Slovenian Prime Minister Janez DrnovÅ¡ek, on the right, and Jacques Delors Jacques Lucien Jean Delors (born July 20, 1925, in Paris, France) is a French economist and politician, who served three terms as President of the European Commission from 1985-1995. ... The Santer Commission was the European Commission that held office from 1995 until 15 March 1999. ...

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). The Single European Act (SEA) was the first major revision of the Treaty of Rome. ... In economics, a monetary union is a situation where several countries have agreed to share a single currency among them. ... The Maastricht treaty (formally, the Treaty on European Union) was signed on 7 February 1992 in Maastricht between the members of the European Community and entered into force on 1 November 1993. ...

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		António Cardoso e Cunha	?
Environment		Carlo Ripa di Meana
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
		Lorenzo Natali
Cooperation and development	Spain	Manuel Marin	PSOE
		Nicolas Mosar
Budget	?	Peter Schmidhuber	?
Social affairs, competition	Republic of Ireland	Peter Sutherland	Fine Gael
		Stanley Clinton Davis
		Willy de Clercq

The President of the European Commission is notionally the highest ranking unelected official within the European Union. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Handshake between Slovenian Prime Minister Janez DrnovÅ¡ek, on the right, and Jacques Delors Jacques Lucien Jean Delors (born July 20, 1925, in Paris, France) is a French economist and politician, who served three terms as President of the European Commission from 1985-1995. ... The Socialist Party (Parti Socialiste or PS), founded in 1969, is the main opposition party in France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Lord David Williamson of Horton was a senior British and European civil servant. ... Source: Sodipodis Clipart Gallery. ... M. Abel Matutes is a Spanish politian who became Spains Minister of Foreign Affairs on May 6, 1996. ... From the left: Mariano Rajoy, Josep Piqué and José María Aznar during the proclamation act of Josep Piqué in September 2003 The Peoples Party (Spanish: Partido Popular) is a large conservative political party in Spain. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Claude Cheysson (born April 13, French Socialist politician who served as Foreign Minister in the government of Pierre Mauroy from 1981 to 1984. ... The Socialist Party (Parti Socialiste or PS), founded in 1969, is the main opposition party in France. ... Francis Arthur Cockfield, Baron Cockfield (born 28 September 1916) was a Conservative politician who was Secretary of State for Trade from 1982 until 1983 and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1983 until 1984. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... Frans Andriessen (born 2 April 1929) was a senior Dutch politician. ... The Katholieke Volkspartij (KVP) was a conservative Dutch political party started 22 December 1945. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Denmark. ... Henning Christophersen (born November 8, 1939, Copenhagen) is a Danish politician, a former vice-president of the European Commission ( 1985 – 1995), former leader of the Danish Liberal Party ( 1978 – 1984) and former member of the European Convention. ... Venstre (in Danish literally: Left) is the biggest political party in Denmark, ideologically based on free market Liberalism, now a right-of-centre party. ... Source: Sodipodis Clipart Gallery. ... Manuel Marin (born 1950) is a politician from Spain. ... The Spanish Socialist Workers Party (Partido Socialista Obrero Español or PSOE) is one of the main parties of Spain. ... The Commissioner for Competition is the member of the European Commission with responsibility for such matters as commercial competition, company mergers and anti-trust law. ... File links The following pages link to this file: Austria Arsenal F.C. Belgium Czech Republic Cyprus Economy of the Czech Republic Charlton Athletic F.C. Chelsea F.C. European Union Estonia European Parliament Talk:European Union European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party European Peoples Party (Christian Democrats) and... Peter Denis Sutherland is an Irish businessman and former politician, associated with the Fine Gael party. ... Fine Gael (IPA in English and in Irish, approximate English translation: Family of the Irish) is the second largest political party in both the Republic of Ireland and Ireland as a whole. ...

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		Carlo Ripa di Meana	?
Regional Policy and Cohesion	United Kingdom	Bruce Millan	Labour
Taxes, Revenue Harmonization and Consumer Policies	France	Christiane Scrivener	?
Science, research and development		Filippo Maria Pandolfi	?
External relations and trade policy	Netherlands	Frans Andriessen
Economic and financial affairs / vice-president	Denmark	Henning Christophersen	Venstre
Audiovisual and cultural affairs	?	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	?	Peter Schmidhuber	?
Competition	United Kingdom	Sir Leon Brittan	Conservative
Employment, industrial relations and social affairs		Vasso Papandréou	?PASOK (Socialists)
Agriculture	Republic of Ireland	Ray MacSharry	Fianna Fail

The President of the European Commission is notionally the highest ranking unelected official within the European Union. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Handshake between Slovenian Prime Minister Janez DrnovÅ¡ek, on the right, and Jacques Delors Jacques Lucien Jean Delors (born July 20, 1925, in Paris, France) is a French economist and politician, who served three terms as President of the European Commission from 1985-1995. ... The Socialist Party (Parti Socialiste or PS), founded in 1969, is the main opposition party in France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Lord David Williamson of Horton was a senior British and European civil servant. ... Source: Sodipodis Clipart Gallery. ... M. Abel Matutes is a Spanish politian who became Spains Minister of Foreign Affairs on May 6, 1996. ... From the left: Mariano Rajoy, Josep Piqué and José María Aznar during the proclamation act of Josep Piqué in September 2003 The Peoples Party (Spanish: Partido Popular) is a large conservative political party in Spain. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The Right Honourable Bruce Millan (born 1927) is a Scottish Labour politician. ... The Labour Party is the principal centrist/centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Christiane Scrivener (born 1925) is a French politition who was Secretary of State of Trade for Consumers protection between 1976 and 1978. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... Frans Andriessen (born 2 April 1929) was a senior Dutch politician. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Denmark. ... Henning Christophersen (born November 8, 1939, Copenhagen) is a Danish politician, a former vice-president of the European Commission ( 1985 – 1995), former leader of the Danish Liberal Party ( 1978 – 1984) and former member of the European Convention. ... Venstre (in Danish literally: Left) is the biggest political party in Denmark, ideologically based on free market Liberalism, now a right-of-centre party. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium. ... There are two Socialist Parties in Belgium: Francophone Socialist Party - Parti Socialiste (PS) Flemish Socialist Party - Sociaal Progressief Alternatief (SP-a) See also: Socialist Parties in other countries This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Source: Sodipodis Clipart Gallery. ... Manuel Marin (born 1950) is a politician from Spain. ... The Spanish Socialist Workers Party (Partido Socialista Obrero Español or PSOE) is one of the main parties of Spain. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... FDP may refer to: in Germany: Freie Demokratische Partei, see Free Democratic Party of Germany and Politics of Germany, in Switzerland: Freisinnig-Demokratische Partei, see Free Democratic Party of Switzerland and Politics of Switzerland. ... The Commissioner for Competition is the member of the European Commission with responsibility for such matters as commercial competition, company mergers and anti-trust law. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Sir Leon Brittan, Baron Brittan of Spennithorne,QC, PC (born September 25, 1939), is a barrister, a British politician, and a former Conservative Member of Parliament and former member of the European Commission. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... File links The following pages link to this file: Austria Arsenal F.C. Belgium Czech Republic Cyprus Economy of the Czech Republic Charlton Athletic F.C. Chelsea F.C. European Union Estonia European Parliament Talk:European Union European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party European Peoples Party (Christian Democrats) and... Ray MacSharry (born April 29, 1938), is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and Tánaiste (1982). ... Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (Pronounced fee-na fall.) (English: Soldiers of Destiny) is the largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. ...

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
?	?	Ioannis Paleokrassas	?Greece
?ND Christian Democrats Insertformulahere--81.158.232.120 05:08, 13 October 2005 (UTC) Environment The President of the European Commission is notionally the highest ranking unelected official within the European Union. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Handshake between Slovenian Prime Minister Janez DrnovÅ¡ek, on the right, and Jacques Delors Jacques Lucien Jean Delors (born July 20, 1925, in Paris, France) is a French economist and politician, who served three terms as President of the European Commission from 1985-1995. ... The Socialist Party (Parti Socialiste or PS), founded in 1969, is the main opposition party in France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Lord David Williamson of Horton was a senior British and European civil servant. ... Source: Sodipodis Clipart Gallery. ... M. Abel Matutes is a Spanish politian who became Spains Minister of Foreign Affairs on May 6, 1996. ... From the left: Mariano Rajoy, Josep Piqué and José María Aznar during the proclamation act of Josep Piqué in September 2003 The Peoples Party (Spanish: Partido Popular) is a large conservative political party in Spain. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Antonio Ruberti Professor Antonio Ruberti (January 24, 1927 – September 4, 2000 in Rome) was an Italian politian and engineer. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The Right Honourable Bruce Millan (born 1927) is a Scottish Labour politician. ... The Labour Party is the principal centrist/centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Christiane Scrivener (born 1925) is a French politition who was Secretary of State of Trade for Consumers protection between 1976 and 1978. ... The Enlargement of the European Union is the growth in size of the European Union, from the six founding member states in 1952, to the 25 current member states. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... Hans van den Broek  listen (born 11 December 1936 in Paris) is a Dutch politician. ... The Katholieke Volkspartij (KVP) was a conservative Dutch political party started 22 December 1945. ... The Christen-Democratisch Appèl (CDA, Christian Democratic Appeal) is a political party of the Netherlands that was established in 1980. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Denmark. ... Henning Christophersen (born November 8, 1939, Copenhagen) is a Danish politician, a former vice-president of the European Commission ( 1985 – 1995), former leader of the Danish Liberal Party ( 1978 – 1984) and former member of the European Convention. ... Venstre (in Danish literally: Left) is the biggest political party in Denmark, ideologically based on free market Liberalism, now a right-of-centre party. ... Ioannis Paleokrassas is a politician who was Greek Finance Minister and a European Comunities Commissioner in the Delors Commission. ...	Portugal	João de Deus Pinheiro	PSD/PP
Transport	?	Karel van Miert	?
Cooperation and development	Spain	Manuel Marin	PSOE
?	?	Marcelino Oreja	?
Internal market and industrial affairs	Germany	Martin Bangemann	FDP
Employment and Social Affairs	Republic of Ireland	Padraig Flynn	Fianna Fáil
Budget	?	Peter Schmidhuber	?
?	?	Raniero Vanni d'Archirafi	?
Agricultural Commissioner	?	René Steichen	?
Competition	United Kingdom	Sir Leon Brittan	Conservative

File links The following pages link to this file: Austria A.C. Milan Belgium Czech Republic Cyprus Economy of the Czech Republic Chelsea F.C. European Union Estonia European Parliament Talk:European Union European Peoples Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Finland France Fulham F.C. Football World Cup... João de Deus Pinheiro, born 11 July 1945 in Lisbon, is a Portuguese politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Social Democratic Party–Peoples Party coalition; part of the European Peoples Party–European Democrats group. ... The Social Democratic Party (Portuguese: Partido Social Democrata) is a political party in Portugal. ... The Democratic Social Center / Peoples Party (Portuguese: Centro Democrático Social / Partido Popular or CDS/PP) is a Portuguese political party. ... Source: Sodipodis Clipart Gallery. ... Manuel Marin (born 1950) is a politician from Spain. ... The Spanish Socialist Workers Party (Partido Socialista Obrero Español or PSOE) is one of the main parties of Spain. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... FDP may refer to: in Germany: Freie Demokratische Partei, see Free Democratic Party of Germany and Politics of Germany, in Switzerland: Freisinnig-Demokratische Partei, see Free Democratic Party of Switzerland and Politics of Switzerland. ... File links The following pages link to this file: Austria Arsenal F.C. Belgium Czech Republic Cyprus Economy of the Czech Republic Charlton Athletic F.C. Chelsea F.C. European Union Estonia European Parliament Talk:European Union European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party European Peoples Party (Christian Democrats) and... Pádraig Flynn (born May 9, 1939) was a senior Irish politician. ... Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (IPA ; English translation: Soldiers of Destiny) is the largest political party in Ireland. ... The Commissioner for Competition is the member of the European Commission with responsibility for such matters as commercial competition, company mergers and anti-trust law. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Sir Leon Brittan, Baron Brittan of Spennithorne,QC, PC (born September 25, 1939), is a barrister, a British politician, and a former Conservative Member of Parliament and former member of the European Commission. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ...

Key

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

In politics, right-wing, the political right, or simply the Right, are terms which refer, with no particular precision, to the segment of the political spectrum in opposition to left-wing politics. ... Conservatism or political conservatism is any of several historically related political philosophies or political ideologies. ... In politics, left-wing or leftism are terms that refer to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of socialism, social democracy, or liberalism (especially but not exclusively in the American sense of the word), or with opposition to right-wing politics. ... The color red and particularly the red flag are traditional symbols of Socialism. ... Liberal may refer to: Politics: Liberalism, an adherent of the ideology espousing individual liberty and private property, meaning varies country to country American liberalism, a political trend in the USA Modern liberalism, in the USA, describes a political ideology that favors government intervention to promote equality Political progressivism, a political...

See Also

• Santer Commission
• Prodi Commission
• Barroso Commission

The Santer Commission was the European Commission that held office from 1995 until 15 March 1999. ... The Prodi Commission was the European Commission from 2000 to 2004. ... The Barroso Commission is the European Commission that has been in office since 22 November 2004 and is due to serve until 31 October 2009. ...

References

• EU Press release (1988). "Responsibilities of the members of the new commission". Retrieved Mar. 24, 2005.

External links

• First Delors Commission
• Second Delors Commission
• Third Delors Commission

The Thorn Commission was the European Commission that held office from 6 January 1981 until 5 January 1985. ... The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive of the European Union. ... The Santer Commission was the European Commission that held office from 1995 until 15 March 1999. ...