Overview
- Offers an historical, legal and political perspective of the Spitzenkandidaten process
- Provides a comprehensive assessment of the evolution of leadership selection in the EU
- Coincides with the 2024 European Parliament election
Part of the book series: European Administrative Governance (EAGOV)
Access this book
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Other ways to access
Table of contents (14 chapters)
-
Front Matter
-
Back Matter
Keywords
About this book
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, legal and political perspective. Although this process has spurred vibrant debate regarding its impact on EU elections and the EU political system, it has yet to be comprehensively analysed by scholars. Addressing this important gap, the book provides a conceptual framework for analysing the impact of the Spitzenkandidaten process, takes stock of its internal, inter-institutional and constitutional repercussions, and assesses its future prospects. Interdisciplinary in nature, the book touches on several important themes, including European elections, EU policy making, leadership, legitimacy, supranationalism and European integration. Published to coincide with the 2024 European Parliament election, it will appeal to scholars and students of the politics of European integration, public administration, governance, European politics and EU constitutional law.
Reviews
—Michael Shackleton, Emeritus Professor in European Institutions, Maastricht University, Netherlands
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Matilde Ceron is a Researcher at the University of Salzburg, Austria. She was previously a Max Weber Fellow at the Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Italy.
Thomas Christiansen is Professor of Political Science and European Integration at LUISS University, Italy.
Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos is Reader in European Politics and the holder of the Jean Monnet Chair in Parliamentary Democracy and European Integration at Birkbeck College, University of London, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Politicisation of the European Commission’s Presidency
Book Subtitle: Spitzenkandidaten and Beyond
Editors: Matilde Ceron, Thomas Christiansen, Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos
Series Title: European Administrative Governance
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-48173-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-48172-7Published: 05 April 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-48175-8Due: 24 May 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-48173-4Published: 04 April 2024
Series ISSN: 2524-7263
Series E-ISSN: 2524-7271
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 344
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations
Topics: Public Policy, European Politics, Political Leadership