In the following elections, the Socialists lost their decades-old majority to the new People's Party and the incoming Prodi Commission was quick to establish the new European Anti-fraud Office (OLAF).
Nas eleccións seguintes, os socialistas perderon a maioría fronte ao Partido Popular e a nova Comisión Prodi apresurouse a establecer un novo organismo de loita contra a fraude, a OLAF.