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A President for the European Union: A New Actor in Town?

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  • SPYROS BLAVOUKOS
  • DIMITRIS BOURANTONIS
  • GEORGE PAGOULATOS

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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.

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  • Spyros Blavoukos & Dimitris Bourantonis & George Pagoulatos, 2007. "A President for the European Union: A New Actor in Town?," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 45(2), pages 231-252, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jcmkts:v:45:y:2007:i:2:p:231-252
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5965.2007.00710.x
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    1. Robert Zbíral, 2015. "Standard Institution of the European Union? Changes to the European Council's Working Methods During the Financial Crisis [Standardní unijní instituce? Proměny vnitřního fungování Evropské rady na ," Současná Evropa, Prague University of Economics and Business, vol. 2015(1), pages 4-18.
    2. François Foret & Yann Sven Rittelmeyer, 2008. "Les présidences de l'Unions européenne en redéfinition: Quelle légitimité ?Quelle efficacité ?," Cahiers du CEVIPOL/Brussels Working papers 130446, Centre d'étude de la vie politique (CEVIPOL) of the Université Libre de Bruxelles.
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    4. Carlos Closa, 2011. "Institutional Innovation in the EU: The ‘Permanent’ Presidency of the European Council," Working Papers 1106, Instituto de Políticas y Bienes Públicos (IPP), CSIC.

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