Formal hearings of commissioners-designate were introduced as a result of the Maastricht Treaty. The first Commission to be subject to this new procedure was the Santer Commission in 1995. Erkki LIIKANEN, Commissioner-designate for Budget, Personnel and Administration, appears before the parliamentary committee in his prospective fields of responsibility.

Strasbourg

hearing of Commissioners

1995 Commissioners' hearings (T)

LIIKANEN, Erkki (FI)

Santer Commission: hearing of Erkki LIIKANEN, Commissioner-designate for Budget, Personnel and Administration

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SOUNDBITE (English), Erkki LIIKANEN, Commissioner-designate for Budget, Personnel and Administration, -