'The Making of a European President: European High Politics and the Lessons for Britain'
LSE European Institute book launch and panel discussion.
Date: Thursday 28 May 2015
Time: 18.30 - 20.00
Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE
Speakers: Sir Julian Priestley, Nereo Peñalver García, Prof Simon Hix and Manfred Weber.
One year ago Europeans went to the polls to elect their MEPs. For the first time they had a say in who should be the next President of the Commission. Against all odds, heads of government eventually accepted EP demands that Jean-Claude Juncker should be the next President. This was a parliamentary putsch and is narrated by Nereo Peñalver and Julian Priestley in their book, 'The Making of a European President'. But big questions remain - were voters aware that they could influence the choice of head of Europe's executive? Will this lead to undue politicisation of the Commission? What really changed with Juncker's election? How could this process be better organised in 2019?
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