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.

Work

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.

Membership

PortfolioCommissionerMember stateParty affiliation
PresidentFranco Maria MalfattiDC
Vice President;
Agriculture		Sicco MansholtLabour
Vice President;
European [Commissioner for Internal Market & Services|Internal Market] & Energy		Wilhelm HaferkampSocial [Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]
Economic & Financial AffairsRaymond BarreUDF
Competition & Regional PolicyAlbert Borschette
European Commissioner for Employment, [Social Affairs & Equal Opportunities|Social Affairs], Transport & BudgetAlbert CoppéCVP
External Relations & TradeRalf DahrendorfFree [Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]
External Relations & Development AidJean-François DeniauUDF
Industrial Affairs & TradeAltiero SpinelliItalian Communist Party

Summary by political leanings

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