1,058
Views
14
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Articles

Leadership in the European Council: an assessment of Herman Van Rompuy’s presidency

References

  • Agence Europe. 2011a. October 28, 2011.
  • Agence Europe. 2011b. October 23, 2011.
  • Alexandrova, P., and A. Timmermans. 2013. “National Interest versus the Common Good: The Presidency in European Council Agenda Setting.” European Journal of Political Research 52: 316–338.10.1111/ejpr.2013.52.issue-3
  • Barber, T. 2010. “The Appointments of Herman Van Rompuy and Catherine Ashton.” JCMS 53 (Suppl. 1): 55–67.
  • Batory, A., and U. Puetter. 2013. “Consistency and Diversity? The EU’s Rotating Council Presidency.” Journal of European Public Policy 20 (1): 95–112.10.1080/13501763.2012.693418
  • Bergmüller, F. 2010. Spain’s Europeanist Presidency: Solid Starting Block for the European Council President and High Representative? SWP Working Paper 2010/06. Berlin.
  • Bickerton, C. J., D. Hodson, and U. Puetter. 2015. “The New Intergovernmentalism: European Integration in the Post-Maastricht Period.” JCMS 53 (4): 703–722.
  • Bulmer, S., and W. Paterson. 2013. “Germany as the EU’s Reluctant Hegemon? Of Economic Strength and Political Constraints.” Journal of European Public Policy 20 (10): 1387–1405.10.1080/13501763.2013.822824
  • Cini, M. 1996. The European Commission: Leadership, Organization and Culture in the European Union Administration. Manchester, NH: Manchester University Press.
  • Council General Secretariat. 2009. Rules of Procedure of the European Council. Brussels.
  • De Boissieu, P., J. Cloos, P. S. Christoffersen, L. van Middelaar, J. Keller-Noëllet, G. Milton, C. Roger, T. Blanchet, D. Galloway, and A. Gillissen. 2015. “Saving the Euro.” In National Leaders and the Making of Europe: Key Episodes in the Life of the European Council, edited by P. de Boissieu, et al., 258–275. London: John Harper Publishing.
  • Dinan, D. 2014. “The Unrelenting Rise of the European Parliament.” JCMS Annual Review 52 (s1): 109–124.
  • Dinan, D. 2017. “Crises in EU History.” In The European Union in Crisis, edited by D. Dinan, N. Nugent and W. Paterson. London: Palgrave.
  • Dinan, D., N. Nugent, and W. Paterson. 2017. The European Union in Crisis. London: Palgrave.
  • Drake, H. 2000. Jacques Delors: Perspectives on a European Leader. London: Routledge.10.4324/9780203432259
  • Endo, K. 1999. The Presidency of the European Commission under Jacques Delors: The Politics of Shared Leadership. Houndmills: Macmillan.10.1057/9780333984161
  • Eriksen, E. O., J. E. Fossum, and A. J. Ménendez, eds. 2005. Developing a Constitution for Europe. London: Routledge.
  • EUObserver. 2010. “Van Rompuy Warns EU is in Survival Crisis.” November 16.
  • European Council. 2010. “Statement by the Heads of State or Government of the European Union.” Brussels. February 11.
  • European Council. 2012. “President Van Rompuy Elected for a Second Term.” March 1. http://www.european-council.europa.eu/home-page/highlights/president-van-rompuy-re-elected-for-a-second-term.
  • European Council. 2014a. “Remarks by President Herman Van Rompuy following the Informal Dinner of Heads of State or Government.” Brussels. May 27. http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/european-council/2014/05/27/.
  • European Council. 2014b. “Special Meeting of the European Council (30 August 2014). Conclusions.” Brussels. August 30, 2014. http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/ec/144538.pdf.
  • European Parliament. 2014a. “This Time It’s Different: Act, React, Impact.” http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/top-stories/content/20130902TST18451/html/Act-React-Impact.
  • European Parliament. 2014b. “Parliament Elects Jean-Claude Juncker as Commission President.” July 15. http://www.elections2014.eu/en/news-room/content/20140714IPR52341/html/Parliament-elects-Jean-Claude-Juncker-as-Commission-President.
  • European Parliament. 2014c. “Speech to the European Council by Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament.” October 23. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/the-president/en/press/press_release_speeches/speeches/speeches-2014/speeches-2014-october/html/speech-to-the-european-council-by-martin-schulz–president-of-the-european-parliament.
  • European Policy Centre. 2009. “Post-summit Analysis: The End of the Beginning.” December 12. http://www.epc.eu/documents/uploads/pub_512_post-summit_analysis_-_14_december_2009.pdf.
  • European Voice. 2014. December 19, 2014.
  • Financial Times. 2014. July 25.
  • Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 2012. “Martin Schulz Im Interview.” April 13.
  • Guardian. 2009. “Herman Van Rompuy and Lady Ashton Chosen to Lead EU.” November 20.
  • Hayes-Renshaw, F., and W. Wallace. 2006. The Council of Ministers. 2nd ed. Houndmills: Macmillan.10.1007/978-0-230-80417-3
  • House of Lords. 2010. “EU Select Committee. Policies and Priorities of the President of the European Council.” July 6.
  • Howorth, J. 2014. “Catherine Ashton’s Five-year Term: A Difficult Assessment.” Paris: Sciences Po. Les Cahiers Europeens de Sciences Po. 03/2014.
  • Kaczynski, P. M. 2011. Polish Council Presidency 2011: Ambitions and Limitations. Stockholm: Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies.
  • Kirkpatrick, A. 2012. Review of Belgium: Readjusting the Council Presidency: Belgian Leadership in the EU, edited by S. Van Hecke and P. Bursens. Brussels: ASP, 2011, in JCMS 50 (5): 855–856.
  • Lord, C. 2002. “Comparing Jacques Delors and Jacques Santer as Presidents of the Europen Commission.” Politics and Policy 30 (2): 324–347.
  • Molina, I. 2010. The 2010 Spanish EU Presidency: Trying to Innovate Europe in Troubled times. Stockholm: Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies.
  • Norman, P. 2005. The Accidental Constitution: The Making of Europe’s Constitutional Treaty. Brussels: EuroComment.
  • Paterson, W. 2011. “The Reluctant Hegemon? Germany Moves Centre Stage in the European Union.” JCMS 49 (Suppl. 1): 57–75.
  • Peñalver Garcia, N., and J. Priestley. 2015. The Making of a European President. Basingstoke: Palgrave.10.1057/9781137476746
  • Piris, J.-C. 2010. The Lisbon Treaty: A Legal and Political Analysis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.10.1017/CBO9780511762529
  • Puetter, U. 2014. The European Council and the Council. Oxford: Oxford University Press.10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198716242.001.0001
  • Rhodes, R. A. W., and P. ‘T Hart. 2014. The Oxford Handbook of Political Leadership. Oxford: Oxford University Press.10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199653881.001.0001
  • Ross, G. 1995. Jacques Delors and European Integration. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Schimmelfennig, F. 2015. “What’s New in ‘New Intergovernmentalism’? A Critique of Bickerton, Hodson and Puetter.” JCMS 53 (4): 723–730.
  • Spiegel. 2009. “Europe’s Safe Choice: The Technocrats at the Top of the EU.” November 23.
  • Spiegel. 2010. “Hungary’s ‘Orbanization’.” December 28.
  • Tallberg, J. 2003. “The Agenda-shaping Powers of the EU Council Presidency.” Journal of European Public Policy 10 (1): 1–19.
  • Tallberg, J. 2008. “The Power of the Chair: Formal Leadership by the Council Presidency.” In Unveiling the Council of the EU: Games That Governments Play in Brussels, edited by D. Naurin and H. Wallace, 187–202. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan.10.1057/9780230583788
  • Tömmel, I. 2014. “The Presidents of the European Commission: Transactional or Transforming Leaders.” JCMS 51 (4): 789–805.
  • Tömmel, Ingeborg. 2017. “The standing president of the European Council: intergovernmental or supranational leadership?.” Journal of European Integration 39 (2): 175–189. doi:10.1080/07036337.2016.1277717.
  • Van Assche, T. 2005. “The Impact of Entrepreneurial Leadership on EU High Politics: A Case Study of Jacques Delors and the Creation of EMU.” Leadership 1 (3): 279–298.10.1177/1742715005054438
  • Van Esch, F. 2016. “The Nature of the European Leadership Crisis and How to Solve It.” European Political Science. Advance online publication. March 4.
  • Van Esch, F.A.W.J. 2017. “The paradoxes of legitimate EU leadership. An analysis of the multi-level leadership of Angela Merkel and Alexis Tsipras during the euro crisis.” Journal of European Integration 39 (2): 223–237. doi:10.1080/07036337.2016.1277716.
  • Van Middelaar, L. 2016. “The Return of Politics: The European Union after the Crises in the Eurozone and Ukraine.” JCMS 54 (3): 495–507.
  • Van Rompuy, H. 2012. “Towards a Genuine Economic and Monetary Union.” Brussels. December 5.
  • Van Rompuy, H. 2015. “The Role of the President of the European Council. Speech to the European Parliament.” May 5.
  • Wessels, W. 2015. The European Council. London: Palgrave.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.