Swedish Institute for
European Policy Studies
The ‘Spitzenkandidaten saga’ 2014, 2019, 2024: Three races to become Commission President
The role of President of the European Commission is the most significant among the top-level positions within the EU. This analysis evaluates the procedure by which the Commission President is appointed. While the aim is to make the EU more democratic, the character of the EU system makes the procedure complex and ambiguous as well as hard to change.
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