Commission Prodi

Romano Prodi

The European Commission Prodi (September 13, 1999 - November 21, 2004 ) took over the official duties of the interim commission under Manuel Marín . On November 22, 2004 the official business was handed over to the Barroso I Commission. The commission consisted of the following members until the eastward expansion of the EU on May 1, 2004:

Department	Commissioner	Country	National party	European party
president	Romano Prodi	Italy	independent
Vice-President , Transport , Energy , Relations with Parliament	Loyola de Palacio	Spain	PP	EPP
Vice President, Administrative Reform	Neil Kinnock	United Kingdom	Labor	SPE
competition	Mario Monti	Italy	independent
Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries	Franz Fischler	Austria	ÖVP	EPP
Industry and information society	Erkki Liikanen from July 12, 2004 Olli Rehn	Finland	SDP KESK	SPE ELDR
Internal market , taxes and customs union	Frits Bolkestein	Netherlands	VVD	ELDR
research	Philippe Busquin	Belgium	PS	SPE
Development and humanitarian aid	Poul Nielson	Denmark	SD	SPE
extension	Günter Verheugen	Germany	SPD	SPE
External relations	Chris Patten	United Kingdom	Conservatives	ED
trade	Pascal Lamy	France	PS	SPE
Health and consumer protection	David Byrne	Ireland	independent
Education and culture	Viviane Reding	Luxembourg	CSV	EPP
household	Michaele Schreyer	Germany	GREEN	EGP
environment	Margot Wallström	Sweden	S.	SPE
Justice and Home Affairs	Antonio Vitorino	Portugal	PS	SPE
Employment and social affairs	Anna Diamantopoulou from March 2004 Stavros Dimas	Greece	PASOK ND	PES EPP
Regional policy	Michel Barnier from April 2004 Jacques Barrot	France	RPR UDF	EPP independent
Economy and Currency Matters	Pedro Solbes from April 26, 2004 Joaquín Almunia	Spain	PSOE	SPE

After enlargement, the following commissioners, who are supervised by another commissioner, have been added to the commission:

Department	Commissioner	Country	National party	European party
Regional policy	Péter Balázs	Hungary	independent
trade	Danuta Huebner	Poland	independent
Economy and Currency Matters	Siim Kallas	Estonia	HE	ELDR
Development and humanitarian aid	Joseph Borg	Malta	PN	EPP
Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries	Sandra Kalniete	Latvia	JL	EPP
Education and culture	Dalia Grybauskaitė	Lithuania	independent
extension	Janez Potočnik	Slovenia	independent
Business and Information Society	Ján Figeľ	Slovakia	KDH	EPP
household	Markos Kyprianou	Cyprus	DIKO	independent
Health and consumer protection	Pavel Telička	Czech Republic	independent

Web links

• September 15, 1999: The power struggle between the EU Commission and Parliament - triggered by the resignation of the Commission in March - has been postponed.
• They still practice and learn - The hearing of the commissioners in Parliament . In: Die Zeit , No. 37/1999