Am 10. Mai 1995 veröffentlicht die Europäische Kommission unter dem Vorsitz des ehemaligen luxemburgischen Premierministers Jacques Santer ihren Bericht über die Funktionsweise des Vertrags über die Europäische Union, um so ihren Beitrag zu den Vorbereitungen auf die Regierungskonferenz (RK) von 1996 zu leisten.

At the meeting of the European Council held on 24 and 25 June 1994 on Corfu, the British Prime Minister, John Major, opposes the appointment of the Belgian Prime Minister, Jean-Luc Dehaene, to succeed Jacques Delors as President of the European Commission.

On 27 June 1994, the French daily newspaper Libération comments on the failure of the Corfu European Council of 24 and 25 June, at the end of which the Heads of State or Government of the Twelve were unable to reach agreement on a successor to Jacques Delors as President of the European Commission.