EC Library Guide on the history of the European Commission: Addresses to the European Parliament
Address by Jaques Santer, the President of the Commission, to the European Parliament1
Since the early days of the European Communities, it has always been the tradition for each new President of the Commission, on taking office, to deliver a general policy statement before the European Parliament. Today the President of the European Commission delivers an address to the Parliament each year (source: European Parliament, Historical Archives, blog October 21, 2014).
- The Commission's programme for 1999: Presentation to the European Parliament by President Jacques Santer, Strasbourg, 15 December 1998
European Commission, Secretariat-General, Bulletin of the European Union. Supplement 1/99, Publications Office, 1999.
The Commission's programme for 1999 (COM(98) 604 and COM(98) 609) -- Presentation to the European Parliament by President Jacques Santer, Strasbourg, 15 December 1998 -- Resolution of the European Parliament on the Commission's work programme for 1999.
- The Commission's programme for 1998: The state of the Union
European Commission, Secretariat-General, Bulletin of the European Union. Supplement 1/98, Publications Office, 1998.
The Commission's programme for 1998 (COM(97) 517 and SEC(97) 1852) -- The state of the Union, Address by President Jacques Santer to the European Parliament (Strasbourg, 22 October 1997) -- Resolution of the European Parliament on the programme for 1998.
- Presentation to the European Parliament by President Jacques Santer (Strasbourg, 22 October 1996)
European Commission, Secretariat-General, Bulletin of the European Union. Supplement 1/97, Publications Office, 1997.
COM(96) 507 final and SEC(96) 1819 final -- Presentation to the European Parliament by President Jacques Santer (Strasbourg, 22 October 1996) -- Resolution of the European Parliament on the programme for 1997
- The Commission's programme for 1996, Presentation to the European Parliament by President Jacques Santer (Strasbourg, 12 December 1995)
European Commission, European Parliament, Secretariat-General, Bulletin of the European Union. Supplement 1/96, Publications Office, 1996.
The Commission's programme for 1996 (COM(95)512 final), Presentation to the European Parliament by President Jacques Santer (Strasbourg, 12 December 1995) -- Resolution of the European Parliament on the programme for 1996
- Address by Jacques Santer, President of the Commission, to the European Parliament on the occasion of the investiture debate of the new Commission
European Commission, Secretariat-General, Bulletin of the European Union. Supplement 1/95, Publications Office, 1995.
Strasbourg, 17 January 1995: Commission's programme for 1995, Presentation to the European Parliament by Jacques Santer -- Strasbourg 15 February 1995: Resolution of the European Parliament on the programme for 1995
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