The Juncker Commission

Robert Stüwe; Thomas Panayotopoulos

doi:10.5771/9783845297736

Summary

The primary goal of this book is to trace the European Commission’s strategies of dealing with the politicisation of EU legislation. In a case study on President Jean-Claude Juncker's term of office, the authors of this volume analyse how the EU Commission set and advanced certain political priorities between 2014 and 2019. The analysis focuses on the ten political priorities which the Juncker Commission retained in all of its annual work programmes from its inception onwards, starting with its self-proclaimed role as a ‘political commission’. However, this study’s assessment of the ‘politicisation’ of integration policy is ambiguous: On the one hand, the Juncker Commission deliberately adopted politicised issues and tried to use them as opportunities for political leadership as well as to hone its own institutional profile. On the other hand, controversies and crises repeatedly forced the EU Commission to resort to damage control.With contributions byMatthieu Bertrand, Christoph Bierbrauer, Grigoriani Bougatsa, Sarah Gansen, Sanni Kunnas, Andreas Marchetti, Katarzyna Nowicka, Thomas Panayotopoulos, Dominique Roch, Martin Selmayr, Katherine Simpson, Robert Stüwe, Henri De Waele, Liska Wittenberg.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2020
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-5597-4
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-9773-6
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Schriften des Zentrum für Europäische Integrationsforschung (ZEI)
Volume: 79
Language: English
Pages: 216
Product type: Edited Book

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 16
CHAPTER I Outline of the Study No access Pages 17 - 18
1. By Thomas Panayotopoulos No access
List of references No access Pages 26 - 26
CHAPTER II The Juncker Commission An Insider’s View No access Pages 27 - 28
1. 1. 1. (i) The »Spitzenkandidat« principle No access
    2. (ii) The experience of a Prime Minister No access
    3. (iii) The heavy heritage of the financial crisis No access
  2. 1. (i) Juncker’s Political Guidelines as a binding program of the Commission No access
    2. (ii) A more hierarchical management structure of the College, based on Vice-Presidents and Project Teams No access
    3. (iii) »Political discontinuity« at the start of the Juncker Commission No access
    4. (iv) Presidentialized communication, a strengthened Secretariat-General and upgraded interinstitutional work No access
  3. 1. (i) Keeping Greece in the euro No access
    2. (ii) Doing whatever it takes to secure a fair deal with Britain No access
    3. (iii) The glyphosate saga No access
    4. (iv) Allowing Commissioners to participate in European Parliament elections No access
  4. 4. On the criticism of the political Commission No access
  5. Conclusion No access
CHAPTER III The Juncker Commission’s Ten Priorities No access Pages 69 - 70
1. 1. Intro No access
  2. 1. 1.1. Main features of the Juncker Plan No access
    2. 1.2. A plan surrounded with high political stakes No access
    3. 1.3. A plan sold with high expectations and faced with strong skepticism No access
  3. 1. 2.1. Slow start, quick claim of victory No access
    2. 2.2. EFSI 2.0: first political tensions No access
    3. 2.3. Acclaims and criticism: expectations too high for its design No access
    4. 2.4. Acclaims and criticisms: the politicization of evaluations No access
  4. 1. 3.1. Inter-institutional battles No access
    2. 3.2. A lack of policy control by the Commission by design No access
    3. 3.3. Political consequences for InvestEU No access
  5. Conclusion No access
List of references No access Pages 88 - 90
1. 1. All the stops on the legislative train No access
  2. General Data Protection Regulation – the new gold standard No access
  3. Why the Regulation is important but off target No access
  4. Exercising the Right No access
  5. Copyright or the right to copy existing law No access
List of references No access Pages 104 - 106
1. 1. 1. Assumptions on the impacts of EU politicization No access
  2. 1. 2.1 Legislative output 2014-2019 No access
2. 1. 1. 3.1 Transfer of power to the European level No access
  2. Outlook: Impacts on future European integration No access
List of references No access Pages 117 - 118
1. 1. Goals and Key Players No access
  2. 1. The Single Market Strategy No access
    2. Capital Markets Union No access
    3. Taxation No access
    4. Labor mobility package No access
  3. Conclusion No access
  4. How does that translate into von der Leyen’s agenda? No access
List of references No access Pages 128 - 130
1. By Christoph Bierbrauer No access
List of references No access Pages 141 - 144
1. 1. A. EU trade policy No access
  2. I. Progress made No access
  3. II. Outlook for the Von der Leyen Commission No access
  4. B. ISDS and the proposed Multilateral Investment Court No access
  5. I. Progress Made No access
  6. II. Outlook for the Von der Leyen Commission No access
  7. C. Conclusions and Outlook No access
List of references No access Pages 153 - 156
1. 1. 1. Introduction No access
  2. 1. 2.1 Overhaul of legislative instruments No access
    2. 2.2 Rule of law enforcement No access
    3. 2.3 The asylum and refugee crisis No access
    4. 2.4 Roll-out of the Fundamental Rights Charter No access
  3. 3. Conclusions No access
  4. 4. Perspectives for the von der Leyen Commission No access
List of references No access Pages 167 - 168
1. 1. Introduction No access
  2. Policy actions 2014-2019 No access
  3. Key players No access
  4. Conclusion No access
  5. Outlook for von der Leyen No access
List of references No access Pages 177 - 180
1. 1. Goals and Key Players No access
  2. Analysis of the progress made in 2014-2019 No access
  3. Conclusion No access
  4. Outlook for the new Commission No access
List of references No access Pages 189 - 190
1. 1. 1. Introduction No access
  2. 2. Analysis of the Progress Made towards a »Union of Democratic Change« No access
  3. 2.1 Attempting to Make Lobbying More Democratic No access
  4. 2.2 Review of the European Citizens' Initiative No access
  5. 2.3 Additional Comments No access
  6. 3. Concluding Remarks No access
List of references No access Pages 200 - 202
CHAPTER IV Conclusion No access Pages 203 - 204
1. 1. Why European integration is a politicized subject No access
  2. Turning the concept of politicization into an empirical tool No access
  3. Politicization as an Enabling and Constraining Factor for Juncker No access
  4. Conclusion No access
2. List of references No access