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@article{1591764, author = {Hamřík, Lukáš and Kaniok, Petr}, article_location = {London}, article_number = {4}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.30950/jcer.v15i4.950}, keywords = {Spitzenkandidaten; Lead candidates; EU democracy; European Commission; European Parliament; European political parties}, language = {eng}, issn = {1815-347X}, journal = {Journal of Contemporary European Research}, title = {Is it all about European Democracy? The Motives behind the Institutionalisation of the Spitzenkandidaten}, url = {https://jcer.net/index.php/jcer/article/view/950}, volume = {15}, year = {2019} }
TY - JOUR ID - 1591764 AU - Hamřík, Lukáš - Kaniok, Petr PY - 2019 TI - Is it all about European Democracy? The Motives behind the Institutionalisation of the Spitzenkandidaten JF - Journal of Contemporary European Research VL - 15 IS - 4 SP - 354-377 EP - 354-377 PB - UACES SN - 1815347X KW - Spitzenkandidaten KW - Lead candidates KW - EU democracy KW - European Commission KW - European Parliament KW - European political parties UR - https://jcer.net/index.php/jcer/article/view/950 L2 - https://jcer.net/index.php/jcer/article/view/950 N2 - 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. ER -
HAMŘÍK, Lukáš and 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, vol.~15, No~4, p.~354-377. ISSN~1815-347X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.30950/jcer.v15i4.950.
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