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. Franz FISCHLER, Commissioner-designate for Agriculture & Rural Development, appears before the parliamentary committee in his prospective fields of responsibility.

Strasbourg

hearing of Commissioners

FISCHLER, Franz (AT)

1995 Commissioners' hearings (T)

Santer Commission: hearing of Franz FISCHLER, Commissioner-designate for Agriculture & Rural Development

SOUNDBITE (German), Franz FISCHLER, Commissioner-designate for Agriculture &amp; Rural Development, -