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The Thorn Commission was the European Commission that held office from 6 January 1981 until 5 January 1985. Its President was Gaston Thorn.
Work
It was the successor to the Jenkins Commission and was succeeded by the Delors Commission. With a current economic crisis, it had to speed up enlargement to Greece, Spain and Portugal while making steps towards the Single European Act in 1985. However, with a period of eurosclerosis, due to economic problems and British vetoing over the Community budget, Thorn was unable to exert his influence to any significant extent.
Membership
{| class=wikitable width=100%
!Portfolio
!Member state
!Office-holder
|---- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|President
|
|Gaston Thorn
|-
|Vice-President<br>[[European Commissioner for Economic & Financial Affairs|Economic and Financial
Credit and Investments]]
|
|François-Xavier Ortoli
|---- bgcolor=#FFE8E8
|Vice-President<br>External Relations
|
|Wilhelm Haferkamp
|-
|Vice-President<br>Mediterranean Policy, Enlargement and Information
|
|Lorenzo Natali
|-
|Vice-President<br>Industrial Affairs, Energy, Research and Science
|
|Étienne Davignon
|---- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|Vice-President<br>Budget and Financial Control, Financial Institutions and Taxation
|
|Christopher Tugendhat
|---- bgcolor=#FFE8E8
|Regional Policy
|
|Antonio Giolitti
|---- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|Transport, Fisheries and Tourism
|
|Giorgos Kontogeorgis
|---- bgcolor=#FFE8E8
|Internal Market, Industrial Innovation, Customs Union, the Environment, Consumer Protection and Nuclear Safety
|
|Karl-Heinz Narjes
|---- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|Parliamentary Relations and Competition
|
|Frans Andriessen
|---- bgcolor=#FFE8E8
|Employment and Social Affairs
|
|Ivor Richard
|-
|Agriculture
|
|Finn Olav Gundelach
|-
|Agriculture
|
|Poul Dalsager
|---- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|Personnel and Administration
|
|Michael O'Kennedy
|---- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|Personnel and Administration
|
|Richard Burke
|---- bgcolor=#FFE8E8
|Development
|
|Claude Cheysson
|---- bgcolor=#FFE8E8
|Development
|
|Edgard Pisani
|}
thumb|right|300px|The Thorn Commission
Summary by political leanings
The colour of the row indicates the approximate political leaning of the office holder using the following scheme:
{| class="wikitable sortable" width=25%
!Affiliation
!No. of Commissioners
|---- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|Right leaning / Conservative
| 7
|---- bgcolor=#FFFFDD
|Liberal
| 1
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|Left leaning / Socialist
| 4
|-
|Unknown / Independent
| 5
|}