The Politicisation of the European Commission’s Presidency Spitzenkandidaten and Beyond
This book is the first systematic effort to investigate the ramifications of the introduction of the Spitzenkandidaten process for the appointment of the President of the European Commission. It does so by examining the first two applications of the Spitzenkandidaten process from an historical, lega...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Palgrave Macmillan
2024, 2024
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2024 |
| Series: | European Administrative Governance
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction: The Politicisation of the European Commission’s Presidency
- 2. The Selection of the European Commission Leadership in Historical Perspective
- 3. Models of EU Democracy and the Politics of Leadership (S)Election
- 4. The Rise and Fall of the Spitzenkandidat? The Inner Logic of Parliamentary Federation
- 5. The Spitzenkandidaten Process: Establishing an Ambiguous Constitutional Convention?
- 6. The Law and Politics of Electoral Reform in the EU
- 7. Paths to Spitzenkandidaten
- 8. The Spitzenkandidaten Process in the Context of the EP Campaign: The Role of Party Competition
- 9. Interinstitutional Conflict in the Context of Leadership Appointment of the Commission
- 10. The Juncker Commission: Internal Perceptions of a Spitzenkandidaten Presidency
- 11. The European Council’s Electoral Power: The National Leaders as Driving Forces behind EU Top-level Appointments
- 12. The European Parliament and the Spitzenkandidaten Process
- 13. Much ado about nothing? Assessingthe Impact of the Spitzenkandidaten Process on EU Policy-Making
- 14. Conclusion: Whither the Spitzenkandidaten Process?