On 23 June 1995, the German daily newspaper Die Zeit describes Jacques Santer, former Luxembourg Prime Minister and new President-designate of the European Commission.
On 18 July 1994, the daily newspaper Luxemburger Wort welcomes the appointment of Luxembourg Prime Minister Jacques Santer as President of the new European Commission and identifies the political challenges awaiting the new President.
On 10 May 1995, the European Commission publishes its report on the operation of the Treaty on European Union as part of the preparations for the 1996 Intergovernmental Conference (IGC).
On 2 September 1994, Jacques Santer, the new President of the European Commission, replies to questions from the Luxembourg newspaper Luxemburger Wort regarding the composition and tasks of the new Commission.
On 24 June 1994, at the Corfu European Council, Egon Klepsch, President of the European Parliament, emphasises the importance of compliance with the timetable for the appointment and investiture of the new European Commission.
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.
