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. Mario MONTI, Commissioner-designate for Internal Market, Services Customs and Taxation, appears before the parliamentary committee in his prospective fields of responsibility.

Strasbourg

MONTI, Mario (IT)

hearing of Commissioners

1995 Commissioners' hearings (T)

Santer Commission: hearing of Mario MONTI, Commissioner-designate for Internal Market, Services Customs and Taxation

SOUNDBITE (Italian), Mario MONTI, Commissioner-designate for Internal Market, Services Customs and Taxation, -