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dc.contributor.authorGALLAGHER, MICHAEL
dc.contributor.authorMARSH, MICHAEL ANTHONY
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Robert
dc.contributor.authorTonra, Ben
dc.contributor.authorLaver, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2011-11-04T15:44:48Z
dc.date.available2011-11-04T15:44:48Z
dc.date.issued1995
dc.date.submitted1995en
dc.identifier.citationMichael Laver, Michael Gallagher, Michael Marsh, Robert Singh, Ben Tonra, Electing the President of the European Commission, Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, 1995en
dc.identifier.otherY
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2262/60522
dc.descriptionPUBLISHEDen
dc.description.abstractThis paper is concerned with the legitimacy and accountability of decision-making in the European Union (EU). In the first half of the paper we argue that a straightforward and effective way to improve the legitimacy and accountability of EU decision making is to introduce popular elections for the office of European Commission President (ECP). These elections would engage European citizens directly and transparently in the affairs of the Union as it moved towards the twenty-first century, by involving them in a major election for high EU office. Other solutions either do not go far enough in terms of giving European citizens a say or are obscure, cumbersome and/ or contrary to the EU method of doing business. In the second half of the paper the authors drive towards specific proposals for the popular election of the ECP. Three key elements of these proposals are: the nomination process; the election system; and protecting the interests of smaller member states.en
dc.format.extent1-64en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherTrinity College Dublinen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesStudies in Public Policy;1
dc.rightsYen
dc.subjectPublic Policyen
dc.subjectElectoral systemen
dc.subjectEuropean Commissionen
dc.titleElecting the President of the European Commissionen
dc.typeReporten
dc.type.supercollectionscholarly_publicationsen
dc.type.supercollectionrefereed_publicationsen
dc.identifier.peoplefinderurlhttp://people.tcd.ie/mmarsh
dc.identifier.peoplefinderurlhttp://people.tcd.ie/mgllgher
dc.identifier.rssinternalid75684
dc.identifier.rssurihttp://www.tcd.ie/policy-institute/publications/bluepaper_01.phpen


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