Jacques Santer (born 18 May 1937 in Wasserbillig) is a Luxembourg politician.
He was finance minister of Luxembourg from 1979 until 1989, and the 22nd Prime Minister of Luxembourg from 1984 to 1995, as a member of the Christian Social People's Party, which has been the leading party in the Luxembourg government since 1979. As Prime Minister of Luxembourg he also led the negotiations on the Single European Act, which effectively set aside the 20-year-old Luxembourg Compromise. He was the President of the European Commission from 1995 to 1999.
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1990s 1
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Revelation of a stay-behind network in Luxemburg 1.1
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Presidency of the European Commission 1.2
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2000 to now 1.3
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1990s
Revelation of a stay-behind network in Luxemburg
On November 10, 1990 an article appeared in the newspaper vum Lëtzebuerger Vollek, which translates into "Five years of state secret - The bombing NATO terror commando" that caused a parliament inquiry in which Santer was forced to reveal the existence of a stay-behind army in Luxembourg and being politically responsible to call for its dissolution.[1] The organisation was active since its creation by the then prime minister
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^ http://www.revue.lu/dossier-bommeleeer/verbrechen-im-namen-des-staates
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^ http://revue.lu/aktuelles/verbrechen-im-namen-des-staates/?p=1&mid=21401 retrieved 9 May 2013 (German)
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^ http://www.wort.lu/de/view/luxemburgs-schattenkaempfer-4f6f2707e4b02e2664d0f215
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^ "Europe's presidential race: the form", The Economist, 11 June 1998, retrieved 16 September 2009
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^ McCormick, John (2004), The European Union: Politics and Policies
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^ http://www.federalists.eu/?id=14132 UEF Groupe Europe
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^ http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/01/24/uk-eu-santer-idUKTRE80N1UG20120124 "EU draws fire over Santer return to EU post", 24 January 2012.
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In May 2013, Santer became Honorary Member of European People's Party.
On Monday 23 January 2012, Jacques Santer was appointed to head the board of the Special Purpose Investment Vehicle (SPIV), which is designed to boost the firepower of the European Financial Stability Facility, the eurozone rescue fund.[7]
He is currently President of Group Europe,[6] a member section of the Union of European Federalists. He also sits on the board of directors of RTL Group, an international TV broadcasting and production company.
From 1999 until 2004, Santer was a member of the European Parliament. He also was on General Mediterranean Holdings' board, a financial holding owned by Anglo-Iraqi Nadhmi Auchi.
2000 to now
Allegations of corruption concerning individual EU-commissioners led to an investigation into administrative failings (incompetence and malpractice) by an independent group of experts. Despite clearing most commissioners, the report stated that they had not found a single person showing the slightest sense of responsibility. Because the implicated commissioners refused to resign and because the President of the European Commission did not have the power to dismiss individual commissioners, Santer and his entire commission resigned on 15 March 1999, the very day of the report's publication (see Santer Commission: Resignation).
In the same year, 1995, Santer became the first recipient of the Vision for Europe Award.
Santer became the ninth President of the European Commission in 1995 as a compromise choice between the United Kingdom and a Franco-German alliance, after the Franco-German nominee Jean-Luc Dehaene was vetoed by British prime minister John Major.[4] Santer selection was barely ratified by a European Parliament upset with the process for which Commission presidents are selected.[5]
The euro was introduced as common currency in most member states. (
De Silguy and Santer displaying the
€1 coin in 1998)
Presidency of the European Commission
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