The European Commission in Turbulent Times: Assessing Organizational Change and Policy Impact

Dr. Jörn Ege; Prof. Dr. Michael W. Bauer; Stefan Becker M.A.

doi:10.5771/9783845287560

Summary

Die Europäische Union durchlebt turbulente Zeiten. Die Auswirkungen der Banken- und Staatsschuldenkrisen, die aktuellen Migrationsbewegungen sowie der Austritt Großbritanniens sind nur einige der Herausforderungen, die den Zusammenhalt der Europäischen Union gegenwärtig auf eine harte Probe stellen. Vor diesem Hintergrund analysieren die Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler in diesem Band die Europäische Kommission. Ziel ist eine Bestandaufnahme und Neubewertung ihrer Rolle im politischen System der EU, ihrer internen Organisationsstrukturen und Prozesse sowie ihrer Politikgestaltungs- und Implementationsfunktionen. Der Band kommt dabei zu dem Ergebnis, dass die Kommission trotz der zahlreichen Herausforderungen nach wie vor entscheidenden Einfluss auf das Integrationsgeschehen hat. Die Gründe dafür liegen dabei sowohl in den absichtsvollen Entscheidungen der Mitgliedsstaaten, als auch im politischen Aktivismus der Kommission selbst.

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Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wessels, Marieke Eckhardt, Prof. Dr. Andreas Maurer, Michael C. Wolf, Dr. Christian Adam, Prof. Dr. Miriam Hartlapp, Dipl.-Jur. Robert Böttner, Prof. Dr. Ingeborg Tömmel, Prof. Dr. Sandra Eckert, Prof. Dr. Michèle Knodt, Prof. Dr. Marc Ringel, Prof. Dr. Hussein Kassim, Prof. Dr. Sara Connolly, Prof. Dr. Michael W. Bauer, Dr. Jörn Ege, Stefan Becker, M.A..

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2018
Copyright Year: 2018
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-4514-2
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-8756-0
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Schriftenreihe des Arbeitskreises Europäische Integration e.V.
Volume: 105
Language: English
Pages: 254
Product Type: Edited Book

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 8
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1. 1. The European Commission in Turbulent Times No access
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  1. 2.1 The Commission within the Institutional System of the EU No access
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  2. 2.2 The Commission as an Organization – Internal Structures, Processes and Leadership No access
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  3. 2.3 Policy-Making and Implementation No access
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3. 3. Outlook and Avenues for Future Research on the European Commission No access
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4. References No access
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1. 1. Introduction: Discussing a Complex and in-flux Relationship No access
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2. 2. The Study of Principal Agent Relations: Models for the Relationship between the European Council and the Commission? No access
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  1. 3.1 Model 1: The Commission as a Secretariat to the European Council No access
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  2. 3.2 Model 2: The Commission as a Hidden Principal No access
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  3. 3.3 Model 3: The Commission and the European Council as Specific Partners No access
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  1. 4.1 Actor Constellations in the Legislative Process and Policy Initiation No access
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  2. 4.2 Fiscal Surveillance: Limited Powers of Supranational Surveillance No access
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  3. 4.3 The Commission’s Autonomy as a Function of Control Mechanisms by the European Council? No access
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5. 5. Conclusion and Perspectives: an influx Inter-Institutional Relationship No access
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6. References No access
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1. 1. Introduction No access
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2. 2. Theory No access
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3. 3. Channels of Indirect Initiatives No access
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  1. 4.1 Non-Legislative Own-Initiative Reports (INI) No access
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  2. 4.2 Legislative Own-Initiative Reports (INL) No access
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  1. 5.1 State of Research No access
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  2. 5.2 Quantitative Analysis of INI and INL Reports No access
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    1. 5.3.1 Impact on the European Commission’s Legislative Agenda (INI) No access
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    2. 5.3.2 Translating Information and Consultation into Agenda-Shaping: INI-Reports and the EU’s Trade Policy No access
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    3. 5.3.3 Impact on the European Commission’s Legislative Agenda (INL) No access
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  4. 5.4 Empirical Conclusions No access
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6. 6. Conclusion No access
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2. 2. Annulment Litigation and Conflict over Policy Application No access
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  1. 3.1 Creative Agency by the Commission No access
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  2. 3.2 Inept Application by Agent Governments No access
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  3. 3.3 Heterogeneous Preferences in the Council No access
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  4. 3.4 Interrupted Relationship No access
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4. 4. Data and Methods No access
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5. 5. Empirical Evidence No access
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6. 6. Conclusion No access
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1. 1. Development of the Size of the European Commission No access
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2. 2. For and Against the “one Member State, one Commissioner” Rule No access
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  1. 3.1 Design of the Project Teams No access
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  2. 3.2 Legal Foundation for the Establishment of Project Teams No access
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  3. 3.3 Legal Limits for the Establishment of Project Teams No access
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4. 4. Conclusion No access
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2. 2. Commission Presidents as Political Leaders – some Theoretical Insights No access
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3. 3. Commission President Juncker as a Political Leader – an Analytical Framework No access
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  1. 4.1 Setting the Agenda I: Basic Goals and Policy Projects No access
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  2. 4.2 Setting the Agenda II: Proposals for the Reform of the EU No access
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  3. 4.3 Setting the Agenda III: Strengthening the Commission and the Supranational Dimension of the EU No access
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  4. 4.4 Managing Procedures for Decision-Making I: Reorganising the College of Commissioners and Allocating Portfolios No access
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  5. 4.5 Managing Procedures for Decision-Making II: Shaping Inter-Institutional Proceedings No access
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5. 5. Conclusions: Assessing Juncker's Performance: What Kind of Leadership? No access
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2. 2. The European Commission’s Powers in Negotiations No access
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  1. 3.1 The Commission’s Procedural Role No access
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  2. 3.2 Mobilising other Powers No access
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  1. 4.1 Internal Negotiations: a Special Deal for the UK No access
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  2. 4.2 Negotiating with Third Countries – Swiss Demands No access
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5. 5. A Leap in the Dark – Brexit Negotiations No access
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6. 6. Conclusions No access
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2. 2. The Role of the Commission in Soft Governance No access
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3. 3. Analytical Framework and Methods No access
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4. 4. Harder Soft Governance in the Proposed Governance Regulation 2016 No access
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  1. 5.1 Limited Formal Competences for the Commission and No National Binding Targets No access
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  2. 5.2 Dialogic Structures as Informal Organisation of Politics No access
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  3. 5.3 High Degree of Politicisation Due to a Deep Cleavage Between Member States No access
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  4. 5.4 Linking International Agreement to Enhance the Legitimacy of the Commission’s Policy No access
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  5. 5.5 The Institutional Self-Interest of the Commission to Establish a Harder Soft Governance No access
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6. 6. The Commission as a Policy Shaper Through Harder Soft Governance No access
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2. 2. Engineering the Europe 2020 Strategy No access
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3. 3. Coupling Hard and Soft Economic Governance in the European Semester No access
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4. 4. Shifting the Thematic Emphasis of Country-specific Recommendations No access
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5. 5. Directing the Delivery of Country-specific Recommendations No access
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6. 6. Discussion and Outlook No access
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2. 2. The European Commission in an inter-institutional setting No access
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3. 3. Organizational No access
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4. 4. Policy No access
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5. 5. Research on the European Commission: widening the perspective No access
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6. 6. Conclusion No access
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