Although the institutional crisis was solved the following year, it cost Etienne Hirsch his presidency of Euratom and later Walter Hallstein the EEC presidency, despite his otherwise being viewed as the most 'dynamic' leader until Jacques Delors.
Selvom den institutionelle krise blev løst det følgende år, kostede det Etienne Hirsch hans formandspost for Euratom og senere Walter Hallstein formandskabet for EØF, på trods af at han ellers blev anset for værende den mest dynamiske leder frem til Jacques Delors.