Outgoing European Commission President Jacques Santer

Date: 15/07/1999

has threatened to reveal the inside secrets behind the crisis which brought down his team in March once he is sworn in as an MEP next week. “When I have recovered my freedom of speech, which is the advantage of being a member of Parliament, I may express my views of the lesser-known issues surrounding the collective resignation of the Commission,” he said. He also admitted to “a certain bitterness, tinged with a certain sense of injustice” about his Commission's demise.