Editing European Commission (section)

===Romano Prodi===
{{main|Prodi Commission}}
Following Santer, [[Romano Prodi]] took office. The Amsterdam Treaty had increased the commission's powers and Prodi was dubbed by the press as something akin to a Prime Minister.<ref>{{cite web|last=James|first=Barry|title=Prodi to Have Wide, New Powers as Head of the European Commission|work=International Herald Tribune|date=16 April 1999|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/1999/04/16/eu.2.t_0.php|access-date=17 June 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017203411/http://iht.com/articles/1999/04/16/eu.2.t_0.php|archive-date=17 October 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Rossant |first=John |title=Commentary: Romano Prodi: Europe's First Prime Minister? (int'l edition) |magazine=[[Business Week]] |date=27 September 1999 |url=http://www.businessweek.com/1999/99_39/b3648256.htm |access-date=17 June 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023012122/http://businessweek.com/1999/99_39/b3648256.htm |archive-date=23 October 2007}}</ref> Powers were strengthened again; the [[Treaty of Nice]], signed in 2001, gave the Presidents more power over the composition of the College of Commissioners.<ref name="ENA commission history"/>