Ortoli Commission

The Ortoli Commission is the European Commission that held office from 6 January 1973 to 5 January 1977. Its President was François-Xavier Ortoli.

Ortoli Commission
Commission of the European Union
The Ortoli Commission
Date formed	6 January 1973 (1973-01-06)
Date dissolved	5 January 1977 (1977-01-05)
People and organisations
President of the Commission	François-Xavier Ortoli
History
Predecessor	Mansholt
Successor	Jenkins

Work

It was the successor to the Mansholt Commission and was succeeded by the Jenkins Commission. It was the first Commission since the first enlargement at the start of the year. It managed the extended Community during the instability of the Yom Kippur war, the 1973 oil crisis and the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.^[1]

Membership

Portfolio(s)	Commissioner	Member state	Party affiliation		Ref.
President	François-Xavier Ortoli	France		UDR	[2]
Vice President; External Relations	Christopher Soames, Baron Soames	United Kingdom		Conservative	[2]
Vice President; Economic and Finance, Credit and Investments	Wilhelm Haferkamp	West Germany		SPD	[2]
Vice President; Parliamentary Affairs, Environmental Policy, Transport	Carlo Scarascia-Mugnozza	Italy		Christian Democracy	[2]
Vice President; Taxation, Energy	Henri François Simonet	Belgium		PS	[2]
Vice President; Social Affairs	Patrick Hillery	Ireland		Fianna Fáil	[2]
Development cooperation	Jean-François Deniau (resigned on 12 April 1973)	France		UDF	[2]
Development	Claude Cheysson	France		Socialist Party	[2]
Research, Science, Education	Ralf Dahrendorf	West Germany		FDP	[2]
Competition	Albert Borschette	Luxembourg		Independent	[2]
Agriculture	Pierre Lardinois	Netherlands		KVP	[2]
Internal Market, Customs Union	Finn Olav Gundelach	Denmark		Independent	[2]
Regional Policy	George Thomson	United Kingdom		Labour	[2]
Industry and Technology	Altiero Spinelli[3]	Italy		Italian Communist Party	[2]

Summary by political leanings

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

Affiliation	No. of Commissioners
Right leaning / Conservative	4
Liberal	1
Left leaning / Socialist	6
Eurocommunist	1
Unknown / Independent	3

See also

• Budgetary Treaty