Two months before the 2014 European Parliament elections, the Commission issued a preliminary report on the implementation of its Recommendation, reviewing its recommendation that European and national political parties identify, ahead of the elections, their candidate for the function of Commission President and outline the candidate's programme, and noting that six European political parties had acted on the Recommendation.
Dos meses antes de las elecciones al Parlamento Europeo de 2014, la Comisión publicó un informe preliminar sobre la aplicación de su Recomendación, en el que la revisaba para que los partidos políticos nacionales y europeos designasen, antes de las elecciones, un candidato al cargo de Presidente de la Comisión y elaborasen un programa para este.