Bulletin n. 3/2014
February 2015
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Leinen Jo
    Europe's Road to Democracy
    in Federalist Debate (The) , XXVII, Number 3, November 2014 ,  2014
    The EU Commission President is no longer chosen in backroom deals. However, this is only a first step. A commentary. Despite some negative predictions and heavy attacks of some heads of state and government, the European party families were successful with their project to nominate top-candidates for the office of Commission President before the European elections. In the end nobody could sensibly contest the right of Jean-Claude Juncker – the candidate of the victorious European People’s Party (EPP) – to lead the new European Commission. Even the threats of British Prime Minister David Cameron, who warned that a decision for Juncker might accelerate the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union, could not hamper Juncker’s nomination. Instead, Cameron had to accept a historic defeat in the European Council. For the very first time the European Council did not decide by consensus on a question related to the European Union’s leadership. Cameron and the Hungarian Viktor Orbán – not really a role-model democrat – were simply outvoted by the other 26 Member States. [...]
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