MEPs vote on the election of the Commission during the plenary session in Strasbourg. Santer Commission is the frst to be subject to the formal hearings of commissioners-designate which were introduced as a result of the Maastricht Treaty.

Strasbourg

plenary session

vote

SANTER, Jacques (EPP-DE, LU)

HÄNSCH, Klaus (PSE, DE)

appointment of Jacques SANTER as EC President 1994 (T)

Santer Commission: vote in plenary on the election of the Commission

Result of the vote: 416 votes in favour, 103 against, 059 abstentions.

SOUNDBITE (German), Klaus H&#196;NSCH, EP President, -