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. Yves-Thibault DE SILGUY, Commissioner-designate for Economic & Financial Affairs, appears before the parliamentary committee in his prospective fields of responsibility.

Strasbourg

hearing of Commissioners

1995 Commissioners' hearings (T)

DE SILGUY, Yves Thibaut (FR)

Santer Commission: hearing of Yves-Thibault DE SILGUY, Commissioner-designate for Economic & Financial Affairs

SOUNDBITE (French), Yves Thibaut DE SILGUY, Commissioner-designate for Economic &amp; Financial Affairs, -