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. Emma BONINO, Commissioner-designate for Consumer Policy, Fisheries and ECHO, appears before the parliamentary committee in his prospective fields of responsibility.

Strasbourg

hearing of Commissioners

BONINO, Emma (ALDE, IT)

1995 Commissioners' hearings (T)

Santer Commission: hearing of Emma BONINO, Commissioner-designate for Consumer Policy, Fisheries and ECHO

SOUNDBITE (Italian), Emma BONINO, Commissioner-designate for Consumer Policy, Fisheries and ECHO, -