Professor of Political Science, Cologne Center for Comparative Politics, University of Cologne. #ERCCoG MINORITYRULE
Jul 17, 2019 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
The #Spitzenkandidaten system is dead. But the EU could revive it. How? 1/
Option 1: Reverse nomination. EP nominates COM president and the European Council elects by QMV. Would allow EP to nominate Spitzenkandidat. Originally proposed by @AndrewDuffEU and others in the EU's constitutional convention. Problem: requires treaty change. 2/
