European Parliament Resolution of 21 April 1994 on the investiture of the Commission.

On 26 July 1994, the representatives of the governments of the Member States of the European Communities decide to nominate Jacques Santer, former Luxembourg Prime Minister, as the person that the governments of the Member States intend to appoint as President of the European Commission.

On 21 July 1994, in a plenary sitting of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Michel Rocard, former French Prime Minister, Member of the European Parliament and member of the Group of the Party of European Socialists (PES), comments on Jacques Santer’s appointment as President of the next European Commission.

On 21 July 1994, in a plenary sitting of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Ben Fayot, Luxembourg Member of the European Parliament and member of the Group of the Party of European Socialists (PES), comments on the appointment of fellow countryman Jacques Santer as President of the next European Commission.

On 21 July 1994, in a plenary sitting of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Jacques Santer, nominated President of the next European Commission, defends his appointment before the Members of the European Parliament.

On 21 July 1994, in a plenary sitting of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Klaus Kinkel, German Foreign Minister and President-in-Office of the Council of the European Union, comments on Jacques Santer’s appointment as President of the next European Commission.

On 21 July 1994, in a plenary sitting of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Pauline Green, Member of the European Parliament and Chairman of the Group of the Party of European Socialists (PES), comments on the appointment of Jacques Santer as President of the next European Commission.

On 21 July 1994, in a plenary sitting of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Wilfried Martens, Member of the European Parliament and Chairman of the Group of the European People’s Party (EPP), comments on the appointment of Jacques Santer as President of the next European Commission.

On 21 July 1994, in a plenary sitting of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Gijs de Vries, Member of the European Parliament and Chairman of the Group of the European Liberal Democratic and Reformist Party (ELDR), comments on the appointment of Jacques Santer as President of the next European Commission.

In this interview, Jacques Santer, former Luxembourg Prime Minister and President of the European Commission, recalls the debates in the European Parliament, in July 1994, on his appointment as President of the European Commission.

On 18 January 1995, in a plenary sitting of the European Parliament, MEPs approve the appointment of Jacques Santer as President of the next European Commission.

European Parliament Decision of 18 January 1995 approving the nominated Commission.

On 18 January 1995, the European Parliament approves the new Commission presided over by Jacques Santer.

In this interview excerpt, Willy Claes, Belgian Foreign Minister from 1992 to 1994, describes his memories of the discussions on the appointment of a new President of the European Commission at the Corfu Summit in June 1994. Jacques Santer, Luxembourg Prime Minister from 1984 to 1995, was ultimately appointed President of the European Commission and served in this role from 1995 to 1999.