The von der Leyen Commission. Geopolitical Commission under the Pressure of Crises (2019-2024)

Henrik Suder / Liska Wittenberg (Eds.) - Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2024, Schriften des Zentrum für Europäische Integrationsforschung, Vol. 87, 223 pages, ISBN 978-3-7560-1360-9

When she took office, Ursula von der Leyen identified six strategic priorities, within which the Commission initiated its political agenda and numerous legislative projects. However, the past five years have been marked by numerous crises that have brought with them unprecedented challenges. The Commission had to deal with numerous crises without losing sight of its original ambitions. In this anthology, a research team from the Center for European Integration Studies assessed whether the Commission under der Leyen was able to overcome the crises while successfully implementing its work programs.

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ZEI Discussion Paper C 273 / 2022

Die Wirkung der Staatsschuldenkrise auf das Legitimitätsniveau der Europäischen Union  -  Henrik Suder

Along with the financial and economic threat of the sovereign debt crisis in the Eurozone from 2009 onwards, the crisis also posed a threat to the social acceptance of the European Union. The EU's ability to solve problems was at times strongly doubted by large parts of the public, which called into question the core of the common integration project. This paper reviews the stability and efficiency of the EU for this period and analyses stabilising and destabilising factors. It focuses on the input and output dimensions of the Union's legitimacy during the crisis and their influence on the EU's legitimacy level, which is empirically tested with the help of Eurobarometer data. 

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