The Appointment of the President of the European Commission

Dr. Yvonne M. Nasshoven

doi:10.5771/9783845230009

Summary

Vertragsreformen und Vertragswirklichkeit haben den Prozess der Ernennung des Präsidenten der Europäischen Kommission stark verändert. Kontinuierlich jedoch wurde das Verfahren der Auswahl politischen Führungspersonals auf europäischer Ebene als intransparent bezeichnet. Auch wissenschaftliche Analysen von Selektionsprozessen fehlen größtenteils: da zumeist lediglich hochrangige Akteure Kenntnisse des Verhandlungshergangs besitzen, sind Informationen schwer zugänglich.

Profile politischen Führungspersonals haben jedoch einen großen Einfluss auf den politischen Prozess. Charakteristika, Präferenzen und Interessen der Inhaber politischer Macht gestalten politische Ämter und Agenden. Diese Arbeit will daher einen Beitrag zur Analyse der Auswahl politischen Führungspersonals liefern. Hierzu werden Muster im Ernennungsprozess des Kommissionspräsidenten identifiziert und in den jeweiligen politischen Kontext gesetzt.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2011
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8329-6446-7
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-3000-9
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Studies on the European Union
Volume: 5
Language: English
Pages: 260
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 2 - 12
Table of figures No access Pages 13 - 14
List of abbreviations No access Pages 15 - 18
1. Profiles matter: the political and scientific relevance of the study of candidate selection No access Pages 19 - 24
2. Literature review: trends, gaps and state of the art No access Pages 24 - 29
3. Research questions and theoretical setting No access Pages 29 - 31
4. Structure of the research No access Pages 31 - 32
1. Legitimacy and the President of the European Commission: why bother? No access Pages 33 - 38
2. 1. Dynamics at the intergovernmental level: 28 stages of decision-making No access Pages 38 - 49
  2. Parliamentary dynamics in and beyond the nation state: party or partisan politics? No access Pages 49 - 52
3. Executive-Legislative relations: the triangle of national governments, Parliament and European Commission and the interinstitutional game No access Pages 52 - 56
4. Conclusion: Insights from the conceptual delineation No access Pages 56 - 57
5. 1. 1. Liberal Intergovernmentalism and European integration No access
    2. Rational choice institutionalism No access
    3. Hypotheses from rationalist theory No access
  2. 1. Federalism No access
    2. Historical institutionalism No access
    3. Hypotheses from supranationalist theory No access
1. The quantitative framework No access Pages 77 - 80
2. The qualitative framework No access Pages 80 - 81
3. Sources No access Pages 81 - 82
1. 1. The Appointment of the Commission President and the treaties No access Pages 83 - 94
  2. The European Parliament and its rules of procedure: filling the gaps of incomplete contracting No access Pages 94 - 102
2. Widening the circle of actors: enlargement and the appointment of the Commission President No access Pages 102 - 106
1. 1. Deconstructing the procedure: the “wish list” of the governments No access Pages 107 - 110
  2. Preferences of the European Parliament: different, not so different? No access Pages 110 - 114
2. 1. Nationality and the Commission Presidency: institutionalized rules at work? No access Pages 114 - 118
  2. Nationality and the Commission Presidencies revisited: the role of interinstitutional balances No access Pages 118 - 123
  3. Party affiliation and the Commission Presidency: patterns over time? No access Pages 123 - 124
  4. The role of time: The reappointment of the Commission President No access Pages 124 - 126
  5. The profile of the Commission President revisited: lessons from experience No access Pages 126 - 136
  6. Summing up: patterns in the appointment of the Commission President No access Pages 136 - 137
3. 1. The influence of the European Parliament: independent or intervening variable? No access Pages 137 - 143
  2. The role of the Council Presidency: An important player in institutional terms No access Pages 143 - 146
  3. Summing up: European Parliament and Council and their respective roles No access Pages 146 - 147
1. The Presidency of Walter Hallstein: inventing the Commission No access Pages 148 - 154
2. The Rey Commission: the first Commission of the merged Communities No access Pages 154 - 160
3. Italy at last: the Presidency of Franco Malfatti No access Pages 160 - 164
4. The Presidency of Sicco Mansholt: the conclusion of a career No access Pages 164 - 168
5. The Presidency of François-Xavier Ortoli: the Community of the Nine No access Pages 168 - 171
6. The appointment of Roy Jenkins No access Pages 171 - 174
7. The Presidency of Gaston Thorn: Luxembourg’s turn No access Pages 174 - 177
8. The era of Jacques Delors No access Pages 177 - 182
9. The Presidency of Jacques Santer: The British veto No access Pages 182 - 190
10. The Presidency of Romano Prodi: timely crisis management No access Pages 190 - 194
11. The Presidency of José Barroso: bringing party politics in No access Pages 194 - 199
12. 1. Patterns in the choice of the Commission President: (institutionalist) logic or accidental choice? No access Pages 199 - 208
  2. The impact of treaty change and enlargement: structuring the appointment process and identifying periodizations No access Pages 208 - 209
  3. Towards which system of governance? Comparative views on the appointment of the Commission President No access Pages 209 - 213
Conclusion No access Pages 214 - 226
Bibliography No access Pages 227 - 248
1. Treaty provisions on the appointment of the Commission President No access Pages 249 - 253
2. Rules of procedure of the European Parliament on the appointment of the Commission President No access Pages 253 - 256
3. Heads of state/government at the time of a new appointment of a Commission President No access Pages 256 - 257
4. Composition of member states’ governments at the time of a new appointment of a Commission President No access Pages 257 - 260
5. Political orientations of member states’ governments at the time of a new appointment of a Commission President No access Pages 260 - 260