Title The EU political system after the 2019 European elections / Olivier Costa, Steven Van Hecke, editors

Published Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023] ©2023

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Description 1 online resource (xxvi, 519 pages) Series Palgrave studies in European Union politics Palgrave studies in European Union politics. Contents Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction-Assessing the EU's Double Challenge -- 1 Europe Went to the Polls -- 2 The Covid-19 Pandemic -- 3 Whither European Leadership? -- 4 A Double Challenge -- 5 Presentation of the Content of the Book -- References -- Part I Politics -- 2 EU Citizen Participation 'in the Union's Democratic Life': A Policy and Legal Analysis -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Genesis and Evolution of EU Citizen Participation -- 3 The Toolbox of Citizen Participation -- 4 The Realities of Citizen Participation 5 The Big Disconnect -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- 3 Higher Turnout at the Expense of Representativeness? The 2019 European Elections Against the Backdrop of a Socio-Economically Biased Voter Turnout -- 1 Introduction -- Are European Elections With Systematic Lower Turnout Levels Than First-Order Elections More Exposed To Greater Socio-Economic Inequality? -- 2 Increased Voter Turnout in the 2019 European Elections-Greater Differences at Second Sight -- 3 Socio-Economic Inequality and Voter Turnout-A Potential Problem of Legitimacy and Representation 4 Linking Low Turnout and Social Inequalities: Tingsten's Law of Dispersion -- 5 Are European Second-Order Elections More Socio-Economically Biased Than First-Order National Elections? -- 6 Research Design -- Selected European Cities -- Operationalisation of the Socio-Economic Situation in City Districts: Unemployment -- Data -- Method -- 7 Results: European Elections Are not More Socio-Economically Distorted Than First-Order Elections -- 8 Discussion -- 9 Conclusion -- References -- 4 Unpacking Legislative Turnover in the 2019 European Parliament Elections -- 1 Introduction 2 The Landmark Legislative Turnover of the 2019 Elections -- 3 A Cry for Renewal: Green Waves and Populist Surges -- 4 Theorizing and Measuring Turnover: Renewal at Whose Request? -- 5 Influx of Newcomers or Outflow of Incumbents? -- 6 EP Turnover as a Sum of Drivers -- 7 EP Turnover as a Sum of National (S)Elections -- 8 Alia Iacta Est -- 9 Conclusion -- References -- 5 The Life and Death of the Spitzenkandidaten: What Role is Left for European Political Parties? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Birth of the Spitzenkandidaten System -- 3 The Old Days Are Over -- 4 The Old Days Are Back -- 5 Conclusion Summary This book assesses the impact of the May 2019 European elections as well as the Covid-19 pandemic on the EUs politics, institutions, and policies. Special attention is paid to the impact of these events on the different political forces as well as on the Unions institutional balance, its priorities and the reform of its budget and policies. Because of the many post-electoral uncertainties, the book also takes into account how the relations between the Parliament, the European Council and the new Commission have developed. Furthermore, it analyses the capacity of the von der Leyen Commission to implement an ambitious programme, especially in the context of an unfolding pandemic. The objective of this book is to study the 2019 electoral sequence (parliamentary elections, appointment of EU institutions leaders, investiture of the Commission, new legislative programme) and determine its influence on the main institutional and political challenges for the 2019-2024 legislature. In other words, the volume deals with the question of who holds the EUs leadership after the 2019 elections and how it handles the 2020-2021 pandemic. Olivier Costa is Director of European Political and Governance Studies at the College of Europe, Belgium, and Research Professor in Political Science and EU studies at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CEVIPOF-Sciences Po, France. He is also Executive Editor of the Journal of European Integration. Steven Van Hecke is Assistant Professor in Comparative and EU Politics at the Public Governance Institute of the KU Leuven, Belgium, and Senior Research Fellow at the Leibniz-Institut fur Europaische Geschichte in Mainz, Germany Notes Includes index Bibliography References -- 6 The Political Regime of the EU Through the Prism of the Confirmation of the von der Leyen Commission by the European Parliament -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Three Theoretical Visions of European Integration -- Intergovernmentalism -- Neo-Functionalism -- Post-Functionalism -- Competing and Complementary Theories -- 3 The Difficult Appointment of the von der Leyen Commission -- 4 Three Theoretical Perspectives on the Appointment of the von der Leyen Commission -- An Unfortunate Incident for Intergovernmentalists -- A Fair Process of Checks and Balances, According to Neo-Functionalists Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 16, 2022) Subject European Union European Parliament -- Elections -- 2019 SUBJECT Parlamento Europeo (Estrasburgo) -- Elecciones embucm European Parliament fast European Union fast Subject COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Influence. Unión Europea -- Política y gobierno -- s.21 Elections Politics and government SUBJECT European Union countries -- Politics and government -- 21st century Subject European Union countries Form Electronic book Author Costa, Olivier, editor. Van Hecke, Steven, editor ISBN 9783031123382 3031123387

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