From a political to a politicised Commission? CEPS Policy Insights No 2019-12/ September 2019

Blockmans, Steven and Gros, Daniel (2019) From a political to a politicised Commission? CEPS Policy Insights No 2019-12/ September 2019. [Policy Paper]

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Abstract

The Commission proposed by President-elect Ursula von der Leyen has been carefully calibrated to woo major parties in the European Parliament, member state governments and citizens alike. Announcing a “geopolitical Commission”, von der Leyen expects her restructured institution to be better equipped to tackle the global forces unleashed by a protectionist ‘America First’ policy and an increasingly assertive China. It remains to be seen, however, whether some of von der Leyen’s more controversial choices will balance themselves out in the first 100 days after the new Commission takes office on November 1st, or backfire further down the line. The latter, in particular, concerns the role of the Commission as an impartial guardian of the treaties.

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