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Handing-over of power between Gaston Thorn and Jacques Delors, and first weekly meeting of the Delors Commission

Handing-over of power between Gaston Thorn and Jacques Delors, and first weekly meeting of the Delors Commission

On 7 January 1985, during the first weekly meeting of the Delors I Commission the transfer of power between Gaston Thorn and Jacques Delors took place.
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ID P-005767
Date 07/01/1985
Photos 7
Category Institutional activity
Tags Delors I Commission European Commission - meeting
Personalities Frans Andriessen Marcello Burattini Pascal Lamy See more
Location Brussels - EC/Berlaymont
Handing-over of power between Gaston Thorn and Jacques Delors, and first weekly meeting of the Delors Commission

Round table (from Jacques Delors, 3rd from the left; in a clockwise direction): Jacques Delors; Emile Noël, Secretary-General of the CEC; Grigoris Varfis; Henning Christophersen; Stanley Clinton Davis; Alois Pfeiffer; Karl-Heinz Narjes; Lorenzo Natali; Frans Andriessen; Willy De Clercq; Carlo Ripa di Meana; Peter Sutherland; Nicolas Mosar; Francis Cockfield; Claude Cheysson

Handing-over of power between Gaston Thorn and Jacques Delors, and first weekly meeting of the Delors Commission

Jacques Delors, new President of the CEC, on the left; and Gaston Thorn, former President of the CEC

Handing-over of power between Gaston Thorn and Jacques Delors, and first weekly meeting of the Delors Commission

Jacques Delors, on the left; and Gaston Thorn

Handing-over of power between Gaston Thorn and Jacques Delors, and first weekly meeting of the Delors Commission

Departure of Gaston Thorn, in the foreground; applaused by Jacques Delors, on the right in the background

Handing-over of power between Gaston Thorn and Jacques Delors, and first weekly meeting of the Delors Commission

Gaston Thorn

Handing-over of power between Gaston Thorn and Jacques Delors, and first weekly meeting of the Delors Commission

Round table (from Jacques Delors, 3rd from the left; in a clockwise direction): Jacques Delors; Emile Noël, Secretary-General of the CEC; Grigoris Varfis; Henning Christophersen; Stanley Clinton Davis; Alois Pfeiffer; Karl-Heinz Narjes; Lorenzo Natali; Frans Andriessen; Willy De Clercq; Carlo Ripa di Meana; Peter Sutherland; Nicolas Mosar; Francis Cockfield; Claude Cheysson

Handing-over of power between Gaston Thorn and Jacques Delors, and first weekly meeting of the Delors Commission

Round table (from left to right; in a clockwise direction): Karl-Heinz Narjes; Lorenzo Natali; Frans Andriessen; Willy De Clercq; Carlo Ripa di Meana; Peter Sutherland; Nicolas Mosar; Francis Cockfield; Claude Cheysson; Jacques Delors; Emile Noël, Secretary-General of the CEC; Grigoris Varfis; Henning Christophersen; Stanley Clinton Davis; Alois Pfeiffer;

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