On 7 February 1995, Monika Wulf-Mathies, Member of the EC in charge of Regional Policies, Relations with the Committee of the Regions and the Cohesion Fund (in agreement with Neil Kinnock and Ritt Bjerregaard), received Brigitte Ederer, Secretary of State for European Affairs at the Austrian Federal Chancellery; at the European Commission, in Brussels. The same day, Brigitte Ederer, met with Erkki Liikanen, Member of the EC in charge of Budget, Personnel and Administration, Translation and In-house Computer Services, and with Ritt Bjerregaard, Member of the EC in charge of Environment and Nuclear Safety.