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Yvonne M. Nasshoven - The Appointment of the President of the European Commission

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Yvonne M. Nasshoven

The Appointment of the President of the European Commission

Series: Studies on the European Union

Volume 5 2011

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Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 2-12

Table of figures S. 13-14

List of abbreviations S. 15-18

Profiles matter: the political and scientific relevance of the study of candidate selection S. 19-24

Literature review: trends, gaps and state of the art S. 24-29

Research questions and theoretical setting S. 29-31

Structure of the research S. 31-32

Legitimacy and the President of the European Commission: why bother? S. 33-38

Dynamics at the intergovernmental level: 28 stages of decision-making S. 38-49

Parliamentary dynamics in and beyond the nation state: party or partisan politics? S. 49-52

Executive-Legislative relations: the triangle of national governments, Parliament and European Commission and the interinstitutional game S. 52-56

Conclusion: Insights from the conceptual delineation S. 56-57

Rationalist approaches S. 57-68

Supranationalist approaches S. 68-76

The quantitative framework S. 77-80

The qualitative framework S. 80-81

Sources S. 81-82

The Appointment of the Commission President and the treaties S. 83-94

The European Parliament and its rules of procedure: filling the gaps of incomplete contracting S. 94-102

Widening the circle of actors: enlargement and the appointment of the Commission President S. 102-106

Deconstructing the procedure: the “wish list” of the governments S. 107-110

Preferences of the European Parliament: different, not so different? S. 110-114

Nationality and the Commission Presidency: institutionalized rules at work? S. 114-118

Nationality and the Commission Presidencies revisited: the role of interinstitutional balances S. 118-123

Party affiliation and the Commission Presidency: patterns over time? S. 123-124

The role of time: The reappointment of the Commission President S. 124-126

The profile of the Commission President revisited: lessons from experience S. 126-136

Summing up: patterns in the appointment of the Commission President S. 136-137

The influence of the European Parliament: independent or intervening variable? S. 137-143

The role of the Council Presidency: An important player in institutional terms S. 143-146

Summing up: European Parliament and Council and their respective roles S. 146-147

The Presidency of Walter Hallstein: inventing the Commission S. 148-154

The Rey Commission: the first Commission of the merged Communities S. 154-160

Italy at last: the Presidency of Franco Malfatti S. 160-164

The Presidency of Sicco Mansholt: the conclusion of a career S. 164-168

The Presidency of François-Xavier Ortoli: the Community of the Nine S. 168-171

The appointment of Roy Jenkins S. 171-174

The Presidency of Gaston Thorn: Luxembourg’s turn S. 174-177

The era of Jacques Delors S. 177-182

The Presidency of Jacques Santer: The British veto S. 182-190

The Presidency of Romano Prodi: timely crisis management S. 190-194

The Presidency of José Barroso: bringing party politics in S. 194-199

Patterns in the choice of the Commission President: (institutionalist) logic or accidental choice? S. 199-208

The impact of treaty change and enlargement: structuring the appointment process and identifying periodizations S. 208-209

Towards which system of governance? Comparative views on the appointment of the Commission President S. 209-213

Conclusion S. 214-226

Bibliography S. 227-248

Treaty provisions on the appointment of the Commission President S. 249-253

Rules of procedure of the European Parliament on the appointment of the Commission President S. 253-256

Heads of state/government at the time of a new appointment of a Commission President S. 256-257

Composition of member states’ governments at the time of a new appointment of a Commission President S. 257-260

Political orientations of member states’ governments at the time of a new appointment of a Commission President S. 260

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