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. Hans VAN DEN BROEK, Commissioner-designate for Relations with central and eastern Europe, CFSP and the External Service, appears before the parliamentary committee in his prospective fields of responsibility.

Strasbourg

hearing of Commissioners

1995 Commissioners' hearings (T)

VAN DEN BROEK, Hans (NL)

Santer Commission: hearing of Hans VAN DEN BROEK, Commissioner-designate for Relations with central and eastern Europe, CFSP and the External Service

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SOUNDBITE (Dutch), Hans VAN DEN BROEK, Commissioner-designate for Relations with central and eastern Europe, CFSP and the External Service, -