Is it all about European Democracy? The Motives behind the
Institutionalisation of the Spitzenkandidaten

J 2019

Is it all about European Democracy? The Motives behind the Institutionalisation of the Spitzenkandidaten

HAMŘÍK, Lukáš a Petr KANIOK

Základní údaje

Originální název

Is it all about European Democracy? The Motives behind the Institutionalisation of the Spitzenkandidaten

Autoři

HAMŘÍK, Lukáš (703 Slovensko, domácí) a Petr KANIOK (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí)

Vydání

Journal of Contemporary European Research, London, UACES, 2019, 1815-347X

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50601 Political science

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

článek - open access

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14230/19:00111691

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.30950/jcer.v15i4.950

UT WoS

000502838300004

Klíčová slova anglicky

Spitzenkandidaten; Lead candidates; EU democracy; European Commission; European Parliament; European political parties

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 18. 6. 2020 09:41, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová

Anotace

V originále

The European Parliament elections in 2014 and 2019 were different insofar as European citizens had the possibility to ‘directly’ influence who could become the next president of the European Commission. This innovation is based on the idea of ‘Spitzenkandidaten’, where a vote for a given political party also represents a vote for its lead candidate. This article examines the process behind the institutionalisation of the Spitzenkandidaten procedure, with attention focused on the actors involved and their motivations for supporting this institutional innovation. Using a qualitative content analysis of EU institutional and party documentation, the article confirms that the Spitzenkandidaten procedure should be perceived as the culmination of a long-term process beginning in the pre-Amsterdam era. It also concludes that the procedure, as firstly applied in 2014, represents the common effort of two supranational institutions and four European political parties. It is also argued that while the emergence of the Spitzenkandidaten is primarily a result of perceived shortcomings of the EU’s democratic quality, actors’ self-interest was also driving force.

Návaznosti

MUNI/A/1067/2016, interní kód MU

Název: Evropa v měnícím se mezinárodním prostředí III

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Evropa v měnícím se mezinárodním prostředí III, DO R. 2020_Kategorie A - Specifický výzkum - Studentské výzkumné projekty

Přiložené soubory

Is_it_all_about_European_democracy_Appendix.pdf

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Citovat

HAMŘÍK, Lukáš a Petr KANIOK. Is it all about European Democracy? The Motives behind the Institutionalisation of the Spitzenkandidaten. Journal of Contemporary European Research. London: UACES, 2019, roč. 15, č. 4, s. 354-377. ISSN 1815-347X. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.30950/jcer.v15i4.950.

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HAMŘÍK, Lukáš a Petr KANIOK. Is it all about European Democracy? The Motives behind the Institutionalisation of the Spitzenkandidaten. \textit{Journal of Contemporary European Research}. London: UACES, 2019, roč.~15, č.~4, s.~354-377. ISSN~1815-347X. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.30950/jcer.v15i4.950.

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