Termination of service
Termination of service
Termination of service
Debates in the Common Assembly of the ECSC: extract on Jean Monnet’s decision not to seek a renewal of his term of office as President of the High Authority (session of 30 November 1954)
TextOn 30 November 1954, Jean Monnet, dismayed at the failure of the proposed European Defence Community (EDC), explains to the Members of the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) why he will not be asking the governments of the Six to renew his term of office as President of the ECSC High Authority.
Motions of censure tabled since the first direct elections to the European Parliament in 1979
TabelleTable showing the motions of censure tabled in the European Parliament against the management of the Commission.
Termination of service of the Santer Commission (1999)
Statement by Jacques Santer (Brussels, 16 March 1999)
TextStatement by President Jacques Santer the day after the resignation of the Members of the Commission.
Statement of the Commission on the resignation of the Commission (17 March 1999)
TextCommission statement following the resignation of its Members.
Entschließung des Europäischen Parlaments zum Rücktritt der Kommission (23. März 1999)
TextEntschließung des Europäischen Parlaments vom 23. März 1999 zum Rücktritt der Kommission und zur Ernennung einer neuen Kommission.
Pressekonferenz von Jacques Santer (Bruxelles, 14. Juli 1999)
VideoAm 14. Juli 1999 gibt Jacques Santer, der als Präsident der Europäischen Kommission zurückgetreten ist, eine Pressekonferenz in Brüssel, auf der er eine Bilanz der Arbeiten seiner Kommission seit ihrem Amtsantritt im Januar 1995 zieht.
Auszug aus dem Zweiten Bericht des Ausschusses Unabhängiger Sachverständiger über die Reform der Kommission (10. September 1999)
TextAnalyse der derzeitigen Praxis und Vorschläge zur Bekämpfung von Mißmanagement, Unregelmäßigkeiten und Betrug.
Interview mit Jacques Santer: der geschlossene Rücktritt der Europäischen Kommission (Sanem, 3. Mai 2006)
VideoIn diesem Interview erinnert Jacques Santer, ehemaliger Präsident der Europäischen Kommission, an die Gründe und die Umstände, die ihn zum geschlossenen Rücktritt der Kommission am 15. März 1999 veranlassten.
Interview with Gérard Deprez (Brussels, 24 November 2010) — Excerpt: The resignation en bloc of the Santer Commission in 1999
VideoIn this interview excerpt, Gérard Deprez, Member of the European Parliament from 1984 to 1999 (European People’s Party (EPP)), from 1999 to 2004 (Citizens’ Movement for Change (MCC)), from 2004 to 2009 and since 2014 (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)), describes the circumstances surrounding the resignation en bloc of the Santer Commission in 1999. He also mentions the role played by Édith Cresson, a Member of the Santer Commission with responsibility for Science, Research and Development, in this affair.
Termination of service of the Prodi Commission (2004)
‘European Commission weakened as several Commissioners stand down’ from Le Monde (3 April 2004)
TextWith the term of the European Commission under President Romano Prodi due to come to an end on 1 November 2004, several Commissioners decide to stand down well ahead of this deadline to take up national offices. On 3 April 2004, the French daily newspaper Le Monde reports on the various interpretations of this trend.
‘Useful role for European Commissioners leaving their posts for high-level national office’ from the Europe Daily Bulletin (6 April 2004)
TextAs the term of office of the European Commission presided by Romano Prodi comes to an end on 1 November 2004, several Commissioners are leaving their posts early in order to take up new national positions of responsibility. In his editorial dated 6 April 2004, Ferdinando Riccardi, Editor-in-Chief of the Europe Daily Bulletin, takes a positive view of the situation.