RESOLUTION B3-0931 and B3-0935/92

Resolution on the appointment of the President of the Commission

The European Parliament,

-having regard to its resolution of 10 June 1992 on the appointment of the President of the CommissionMinutes of that sitting, Part II, Item 4,

-having regard to Article 161 of the EEC Treaty,

-having regard to Rule 29 of its Rules of Procedure,

-having regard to Article 158(2) of the Treaty signed at Maastricht on 7 February 1992,

-having regard to the meeting of its Enlarged Bureau of 23 June 1992, at which the President of the Council announced that he intended to put forward at the next meeting of the European Council the name of Mr Jacques Delors as President of the Commission from 1 January 1993 to 31 December 1994,

-having regard to the conclusions of the European Council meeting in Lisbon of 26 and 27 June 1992,

1.Takes note of the intention expressed by the governments of the Member States to reappoint Mr Jacques Delors to the presidency of the Commission for the period 1993-1994; regrets, however, that this announcement preceded any proper consultation of Parliament;

2.Approves the appointment;

3.Interprets the decision to renew Mr Delors' term of office as an undertaking by the governments of the Member States to pursue the political priorities laid down during his first term, in particular the establishment of European Union based on Economic and Monetary Union, political union with a common foreign and security policy, economic and social cohesion, social Europe and the strengthening of the democratic control of Community activities;

4.Hopes that the future Commission will also devote its attention to completion of the single area, establishment of the innovations introduced by the Maastricht Treaty, consideration of applications for accession and preparation for further major European challenges in 1996, and carry out to the full its role as guardian of the Treaties;

5.Calls on the governments of the Member States, in proposing the new membership of the Commission after consultation with the new President, to take into account the political balance within Parliament and select a coherent team capable of supporting the President in promoting the Community's political priorities, bringing together leading figures who have already been members of Community institutions or have exercised responsibilities in the European sphere in their own countries;

6.Will take its decision on the appointment of the new Commission and approval of its action programme in the light of these considerations, and particularly in view of the determination of all the Community's institutions to work together to advance the cause of European Union;

7.Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the President-in-Office of the European Council, the Heads of Government of the Member States, the President of the Council and the President of the Commission.