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PresidentReyTheRey Commission is theEuropean Commission that held office from 2 July 1967 to 30 June 1970. Its president wasJean Rey.
It was the first commission of themergedEuropean Communities. It was the successor to theHallstein Commission and was succeeded by theMalfatti Commission. The commission worked to reinforce theCommunities' institutions and increase the powers of theEuropean Parliament. It also campaigned for an elected parliament, which was achieved later in 1979. It oversaw the competition of thecustoms union in 1968.[1]
Rey played an important role theSummit of The Hague in 1969, where the European leaders decided to relaunch European integration with two new initiatives: on the one hand,Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union (EMU), and on the other hand,European Political Cooperation (EPC), which foreshadow theeuro and theCommon Foreign and Security Policy of theEuropean Union today.
Finally, in 1970, the last year of this mandate, Rey managed to win the European governments' support for his proposal to give the Community "own resources". This meant that the EEC no longer depended exclusively on contributions by the member states, but could complete these with revenues from customs duties, levies on agricultural products from outside the EEC, in addition to a share of the VAT revenue.
The commission was composed of 14 members, 3 from Italy, West Germany, and France, 2 from Belgium and the Netherlands and 1 from Luxembourg.
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 | 8 |
| Liberal | 2 |
| Left leaning /Socialist | 4 |
