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. Anita GRADIN, Commissioner-designate for Immigration, Justice & Home Affairs, Financial Control, Anti-fraud and Relations with the European Ombudsman, appears before the parliamentary committee in his prospective fields of responsibility.

Strasbourg

hearing of Commissioners

1995 Commissioners' hearings (T)

GRADIN, Anita (SE)

Santer Commission: hearing of Anita GRADIN, Commissioner-designate for Immigration, Justice & Home Affairs, Financial Control, Anti-fraud and Relations with the European Ombudsman

SOUNDBITE (Swedish), Anita GRADIN, Commissioner-designate for Immigration, Justice &amp; Home Affairs, Financial Control, Anti-fraud and Relations with the European Ombudsman, -