A President for the European Union: A New Actor in Town?*
Spyros Blavoukos,
Dimitris Bourantonis and
George Pagoulatos
Journal of Common Market Studies, 2007, vol. 45, issue 2, 231-252
Abstract:
In the post‐Constitution EU, the rotating Presidency would be replaced by a hybrid system combining a rotating component with the establishment of a permanent President for the European Council. Using a principal‐agent framework, we look at the supply and demand for formal leadership in the new system, accounting for the substantial institutional change in the format of the Presidency. We then examine the President's effectiveness and efficiency and discuss whether the President, as a new institutional actor, has the potential to evolve into an autonomous political actor in the EU. Our analysis suggests a discernible though by no means unconditional strengthening of the President's potential for an autonomous political role in the new EU institutional architecture.
Date: 2007
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