http://ec.europa.eu/archives/c......_1999_2004/balazs/index_en.htm

Hungarian Commissioner from May 2004 until the end of October 2004 during the Prodi commission. He is a former ambassador to Denmark and Germany and has a wealth of experience in EU affairs. His EU-connections began in 1982 when he was a commercial counsellor of the Hungarian Embassy in Brussels. ..

http://ec.europa.eu/archives/c......1999_2004/barnier/index_en.htm

Former French EU Commissioner with responsibility for Regional Policy and Constitutional Affairs in the Prodi Commission, replaced during the term of office by Jaques Barrot. ..

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/.......node2?language=DA&id=1352

President of the European Parliament from 1989-1992 and President of the Socialist PSE Group until 2004. MEP since 1986 for the Spanish socialist party PSOE. ..

http://ec.europa.eu/commission......barroso/president/index_en.htm

President of the EU Commission, elected in July 2004 to succeed Romano Prodi. He holds degrees in law and political science, and had been Prime Minister of Portugal since 2002 before he resigned following his nomination as Commission President. Barroso was also vice President of the European People's Party EPP from 1999 until 2002. ..

http://ec.europa.eu/commission....../barrot/welcome/default_en.htm

New French commissioner since April 2004, in charge of Justice, Freedom and Security. He has been nominated to replace Michel Barnier, who at the time became minister for foreign affairs in France. He is a member of the UMP, the new political group founded by Jacques Chirac. ..

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0801195.html

Party leader of the right-wing Austrian FPÖ, who provoked the EU to impose sanctions upon Austria when his party joined a conservative led government in 2000. Died in a traffic accident in 2008. ..

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/......=1&language=EN&id=1266

MEP since 1979. President of the EU Parliament from 1994-1997. Was a member of the Praesidium of the Convention on the Future of Europe and represented the EU Parliament in the Intergovernmental Conference of 2003. ..

http://www.v63.net/wellsconservatives/

British Conservative MP who resigned as a minister in protest against the party's then pro EU policy. As a member of the Convention he has also resigned from the EPP group, because of its federalist views. ..

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/......mp;pageRank=13&language=EN

The legal adviser of the EU Parliament, Christian Pennera. ..

http://european-convention.eu.......r.asp?lang=EN&Content=WGXI

Represented the Greek government in the Praesidium of the Convention on the Future of Europe. Former Member of the EU Parliament, elected for the Greek party PASOK. Chaired the Convention working group on Social Policy. PES. ..

http://www.europarl.eu.int/gue......struct/en/members/kaufmann.htm

Vice-Chair of the GUE/NGL Group in the European Parliament Constitutional Affairs Committee and was member of the Convention on the Future of Europe and the former Charter Convention. ..

http://epp-ed.europarl.eu.int/......en/ShowMember.asp?PERS_ID=1204

MEP and rapporteur for the Constitutional Affairs Committee, for which he wrote a report on the division of competences which underlies the EU Constitution. ..

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/......iew.do?language=EN&id=4262

MEP. Chairman of the Constitutional Affairs Committee in the EU Parliament. Leader of the Federalist Inter group in the European Parliament and President of the Union of European Federalists since 1997...

http://www.quirinale.it/presid......ngue/inglese/presidente-en.htm

Elected president of Italy from 2006.Former chairman of the EU Parliament Constitutional Affairs Committee, elected for the Italian Communists, now socialists, from 1989-92 and from 1999-2004. PES. ..

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/......iew.do?language=EN&id=4359

Former Chairman of the UEN-group in the EU Parliament 1999-2004. Former Minister of the Interior in France and leading opponent of the Treaty of Maastricht before the French referendum in 1992. ..

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/......ew.do?language=EN&id=28149

Danish Prime Minister from 1993 to 2001. President of the European Social Democratic parties grouped in the Party of European Socialists. Member of the European Parliament for the Danish Social Democrats since 2004. Will leave in 2009. ..

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/.......node1?id=4410&language=EN

In the 1999 French elections to the EU Parliament, EU hunting rules became a major issue. Because of this the leader of the French party CPNT, Jean Saint-Josse, and five of his colleagues were elected to the European Parliament 1999-2004. CPNT stands for Hunters, Fishers, Nature and Tradition. EDD...

http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/tajani/profile/index_en.htm

Italian Vice-President of the Commission, responsible for transport policy. He replaced Franco Frattini in 2008 as the Italian Commissioner. A former Vice-President of the EPP (European People's Party) s a substitute for the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and a member of the Delegation for relations with Israel. ..

http://ec.europa.eu/commission......barroso/verheugen/index_en.htm

Vice President in the Barroso Commission with responsabilityr for Industry. Former German Commissioner for Enlargement since 1999-2004, member of the German party SPD...

http://ec.europa.eu/commission......barroso/wallstrom/index_en.htm

Swedish Vice President in the Barroso-Commission from 2004 - 2009 with responsability for Information and the contact to the European Parliament and constitutional affairs. Former Commissioner for the Environment since 1999-2004. Formerly a minister in the Social Democratic Government in Sweden. PES. ..