Should the EU Think Twice Before Dumping its Spitzenkandidaten?
<p>With the dust barely settled from the European elections, the horse-trading for the most important EU-level positions has begun. Much of the analysis has focused on one aspect of the election result: the fragmented European Parliament it leaves in its wake. This will be a ‘coalition’ Parlia...
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| Language: | deu |
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Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog GmbH
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| Series: | Verfassungsblog |
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| Online Access: | https://verfassungsblog.de/should-the-eu-think-twice-before-dumping-its-spitzenkandidaten/ |
| Summary: | <p>With the dust barely settled from the European elections, the horse-trading for the most important EU-level positions has begun. Much of the analysis has focused on one aspect of the election result: the fragmented European Parliament it leaves in its wake. This will be a ‘coalition’ Parliament, with the support of several pro-European groupings necessary for the EU’s legislative agenda to progress. In this sense, the result gave ammunition to those eager to dump the 2014 Spitzenkandidaten system. Another aspect of the election result, however, seems just as important.</p>
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| ISSN: | 2366-7044 |