· Georges Pompidou
      1911-1974
      French President
      New-Gaullist, Conservative
      Succeeded De Gaulle and allowed UK integration into EEC in 1973

· Pierre Werner
      1913-2002
      Luxembourgian Prime Minister
      Christian democrat
      The 1970 Werner report planned a complete economic and monetary union by 1980 in three phases

· Leo Tindemans
      1922-
      Belgian Prime Minister
      Christian democrat
      The 1976 Tindemans report supported the consolidation of the existing institutions and the development of common policies. It advocated the extension of the Commission powers

· Valéry Giscard d’Estaing
      1926-
      French President
      Centrist
      French-German tandem with Chancellor Schmidt
      President of the Convention on the Future of Europe in 2002-2003

· Helmut Schmidt
      1918-
      German Chancellor, Member of the European Parliament
      Social democrat
      French-German tandem with President Giscard d’Estaing

· Simone Veil
      1927-
      French Minister, European Parliament President
      Liberal
      First female President of the European Parliament in 1979