Santer Commission

As Santer Commission is European Commission under Commission President Jacques Santer called that from 1995 to 1999 at the office. She succeeded the Delors III commission . Towards the end of their tenure, the Santer Commission was of a corruption scandal around Edith Cresson shaken. After the European Parliament had threatened with a motion of no confidence , the Commission resigned on March 15, 1999. In the subsequently formed Marín Transitional Commission , however, the members and division of responsibilities remained identical, only Commission President Santer and the previous Vice President Manuel Marín swapped positions. Only for the Prodi Commission , which took office at the end of 1999, were new commissioners appointed.

Department	Commissioner	Member State	national party	European party
president	Jacques Santer	Luxembourg	CSV	EPP
Vice President , Commerce	Leon Brittan	United Kingdom	Conservative	ED
Vice President , Relations with the Mediterranean , Latin America and the Middle East	Manuel Marín	Spain	PSOE	SPE
Industry and information and telecommunications technology	Martin Bangemann	Germany	FDP	ELDR
competition	Karel Van Miert	Belgium	PS	SPE
Foreign policy	Hans van den Broek	Netherlands	CDA	EPP
Relations with the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP) and South Africa, including development aid issues	João de Deus Pinheiro	Portugal	Psd	EPP
Employment and social affairs , relations with the Economic and Social Committee	Pádraig Flynn	Ireland	Fianna Fáil	-
Energy , Euratom and Transport	Marcelino Oreja Aguirre	Spain	PP	EPP
Immigration issues and home affairs and justice , relations with the Ombudsman, financial control, fight against fraud	Anita Gradin	Sweden	SAP	SPE
Science, research and development	Edith Cresson	France	PS	SPE
Environment and nuclear safety	Ride Bjerregaard	Denmark	SD	SPE
Relations with the Committee of the Regions, Regional Policy , Cohesion Fund	Monika Wulf-Mathies	Germany	SPD	SPE
traffic	Neil Kinnock	United Kingdom	Labor	SPE
Internal market , taxes and customs union	Mario Monti	Italy	independent	independent
Agriculture and Rural Development	Franz Fischler	Austria	ÖVP	EPP
Fisheries , consumer policy and ECHO	Emma Bonino	Italy	PR	-
Finance , Economics, Monetary Affairs and Eurostat	Yves-Thibault de Silguy	France	independent	independent
Budget , staff and administration	Erkki Liikanen	Finland	SDP	SPE
Energy , Euratom , medium and small businesses, tourism	Christos Papoutsis	Greece	PASOK	SPE