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. Martin BANGEMANN, Commissioner-designate for Industrial affairs, Information & Telecommunications Technologies, appears before the parliamentary committee in his prospective fields of responsibility.

Strasbourg

hearing of Commissioners

BANGEMANN, Martin (L, DE)

1995 Commissioners' hearings (T)

Santer Commission: hearing of Martin BANGEMANN, Commissioner-designate for Industrial affairs, Information & Telecommunications Technologies

SOUNDBITE (German), Martin BANGEMANN, Commissioner-designate for Industrial affairs, Information &amp; Telecommunications Technologies, -