Beyond Spitzenkandidaten? The Politicization of Leadership Selection in the European Union. Authors' workshop
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This is the final workshop – funded by Birkbeck’s Jean Monnet Chair in Parliamentary Democracy & European Integration - of the international collaborative project that is directed by Matilde Ceron (EUI), Thomas Christiansen (LUISS Guido Carli, Rome) and Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos (Birkbeck). Scholars from several European universities will present the final versions of their papers on various aspects of the politicisation of EU executive leadership selection. The corresponding book will be published in early 2024 by Palgrave/Springer.
This programme runs over 2 days - the link provided with your confirmation email will work for both days online sessions:
Monday 24 April 2023 13:30 to 17:15 & Tuesday 25 April 2023 09:30 to 13:30
Programme
Day 1
13:30 Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Matilde Ceron, Thomas Christiansen and Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos
Session 1
Chair: Thomas Christiansen
13:45 Intra-party Selection of the Spitzenkandidaten
Author(s): Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos
Discussant: Edoardo Bressanelli
14:15 The Spitzenkandidaten Process and the Theory of Parliamentary Federation: The European Union in Comparative Perspective
Author(s): Sergio Fabbrini (online)
Discussant: Wolfgang Wessels (online)
14:45 Relations between European Parliament and European Commission Presidents – A Historical Perspective
Author(s): Maria Elena Cavallaro and Benedetto Zaccaria (online)
Discussant: Richard Corbett
15:15 Coffee break
Session 2
Chair: Matilde Ceron
15:30 The Spitzenkandidaten Process during the European Electoral Campaigns: The Role of Party Competition
Author(s): Daniela Braun and Ann-Kathrin Reinl (online)
Discussant: Daniel Schade
16:00 Models of EU Democracy and Leadership (S)Election
Author(s): Ben Crum (online)
Discussant: Olivier Costa (online)
16:30 The European Council’s Elective Function
Author(s): Wolfgang Wessels and Birgit Bujard
Discussant: Simona Leila Talani (TBC)
17:00 End of Day 1 of the Workshop
18:30 Third Annual Jean Monnet Lecture
In Defence of the Spitzenkandidaten System
Keynote speaker: Enrico Letta, President of the Jacques Delors Institute
Venue: Room B33, Birkbeck College (main building, Malet Street, entrance from Torrington Square – map (Google) here and (in PDF) here)
Day 2
Session 3
Chair: Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos
09:00 The European Parliament’s Role in EU Leadership Selection: A Successful Agenda-setter?
Author(s): Richard Corbett
Discussant: Eva Heidbreder
09:30 The impact of the Spitzenkandidaten Process on EU Policy-making
Author(s): Edoardo Bressanelli, Matilde Ceron and Thomas Christiansen
Discussant: Hussein Kassim
10:00 The Spitzenkandidaten Process: Establishing an Ambiguous Constitutional Convention?
Author(s): Ylenia Citino and Nicola Lupo
Discussant: Benedetto Zaccaria (online)
10:30 Coffee break
Session 4
Chair: Edoardo Bressanelli
10:45 The Politics and Law of the Electoral Reform in the EU
Author(s): Olivier Costa and Cristina Fasone
Discussant: Nicola Lupo
11:15 Assessing the European Commission’s Experience of the Spitzenkandidaten Process
Author(s): Sara Connolly and Hussein Kassim
Discussant: Maria Elena Cavallaro
11:45 Interinstitutional Conflict in the Context of EU Leadership Appointments
Author(s): Eva Heidbreder and Daniel Schade
Discussant: Ann-Kathrin Reinl (online)
12:15 Concluding remarks
Matilde Ceron, Thomas Christiansen and Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos
12:45 End of the Workshop
Contact name:
Daniel Parnell