Group photo of the first European Council attended by the Heads of State or Government of the Ten, as well as by the President of the Commission, held in Maastricht on 23 and 24 March 1981. Front and second rows: Andries van Agt, Netherlands Prime Minister and President-in-Office of the European Council (centre), with the French Head of State, the Heads of Government and the President of the Commission (right). Third and fourth rows: Ministers for Foreign Affairs and the Vice-President of the Commission.