The European Union and the choice of the president of the commission

Nuno Sampaio

The European Union and the choice of the president of the commission

Nuno Sampaio

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Apesar de em 2014 ter sido seguido o “método de Sptizenkandidaten”, em 2019 oConselho Europeu rompeu com esse procedimento regressando a um processo maisintergovernamental na escolha do Presidente da Comissão Europeia. Muitos autores acreditamque o ‘método de Sptizenkandidaten’ é fundamental para garantir a legitimidade das instituiçõessupranacionais. No entanto, este artigo argumenta que esse resultado não é surpreendente, poisresulta do equilíbrio entre as instituições supranacionais e nacionais que coexistem na UE. Paraexplicar o argumento, este artigo faz as seguintes perguntas de pesquisa: (1) Quais são asdiferenças entre 2014 e 2019 que podem explicar essa evolução? (2) O que este processo nos dizsobre a natureza política, as perspetivas de evolução e os conceitos de legitimidade e democraciada União Europeia? O artigo está apresentado da seguinte forma: na primeira seção analisa oselementos teóricos que explicam a probabilidade de mudança. As três seções seguintes abordamos elementos empíricos - variáveis independentes - que mudaram o equilíbrio de poder dospartidos políticos europeus e dos Estados-membros, que levaram a essa alteração. Esseselementos são (1) novas perspetivas de líderes políticos poderosos; (2) novos equilíbriosinstitucionais nas instituições europeias; e (3) a nova distribuição de poderes no ParlamentoEuropeu.

Idioma original	English
Local da publicação	Lisbon
Editora	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Páginas	1-16
Número de páginas	16
Estado da publicação	Publicado - 2021

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N.º	8

Keywords

Spitzenkandidaten
Eleições europeias
Presidente da Comissão Europeia
Intergovernamentalismo
Equilíbrio institucional

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CIEP: Research Centre of the Institute for Political Studies
Alves, A. A. (PI), Mateus, A. (Professor Catedrático), Azevedo, A. (Estudante), Leitão, T. C. (Professor Auxiliar Convidado), Duarte, A. R. (Outra carreira/categoria no setor público), Ramos, A. F. (Outra carreira/categoria no setor público), Garschagen, B. (Estudante), Pacatolo, C. (Estudante), Almeida, C. M. D. (Professor Auxiliar Convidado), Cabrita, C. (Carreira no setor privado), Silva, D. (Bolseiro), Correia, E. P. (Carreira no setor privado), Gonçalves, F. J. (Carreira no setor privado), Garcia, F. P. (Professor Associado Convidado), Ribeiro, G. M. (Docente do ensino não superior), Varajidás, H. (Carreira no setor privado), Chelo, H. (Professor Auxiliar), Correia, I. (Carreira no setor privado), Gregório, I. (Assistente de Investigação), Moreira, I. (Professor Auxiliar Convidado), Câmara, J. B. (Estudante), Espada, J. C. (Professor Catedrático), Coutinho, J. P. (Professor Auxiliar), André, J. G. (Professor Auxiliar), Moreira, J. M. (Professor Catedrático), Castello Branco, J. T. (Professor Auxiliar Convidado), Quintino, K. H. (Estudante), Pinto, L. V. (Outra carreira/categoria no setor público), Cruz, M. B. D. (Professor Catedrático), Gambôa, E. (Professor Auxiliar Convidado), Barroso, L. D. (Estudante), Franco, L. (Professor Auxiliar), Mendonça, M. (Professor Auxiliar), Morgado, M. (Professor Auxiliar), Dias, M. (Professor Auxiliar), Amado, N. M. (Carreira no setor privado), Sampaio, N. (Professor Auxiliar Convidado), Samões, O. (Professor Auxiliar), Ferro, P. (Carreira no setor privado), Moreira, P. (Carreira no setor privado), Duque, R. (Professor Auxiliar Convidado), Brito, R. (Docente Assistente), Mangerona, S. (Carreira no setor privado), Cajarabille, V. (Outra carreira/categoria no setor público), Hasselberger, W. (Professor Auxiliar) & Ribeiro, S. (Professor Auxiliar Convidado)
1/01/20 → 31/12/25
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