Composition of the Ortoli Commission (1973-1977)¹

The Ortoli Commission held office from 6 January 1973 to 1977. It had the complex task of managing the extended Community during a period of geopolitical instability with the Kippur war and the crisis in Cyprus, not to mention the economic downturn which followed the first oil crisis (source: European Commission, archived web page, accessed 3 April 2024).

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