The EU Political System After the 2019 European Elections

Chapter 1 Introduction—Assessing the EU’s Double Challenge

Chapter 2 EU Citizen Participation ‘in the Union’s Democratic Life’: A Policy and Legal Analysis

Chapter 3 Higher Turnout at the Expense of Representativeness? The 2019 European Elections Against the Backdrop of a Socio-Economically Biased Voter Turnout

Chapter 4 Unpacking Legislative Turnover in the 2019 European Parliament Elections

Chapter 5 The Life and Death of the Spitzenkandidaten : What Role is Left for European Political Parties?

Chapter 6 The Political Regime of the EU Through the Prism of the Confirmation of the von der Leyen Commission by the European Parliament

Chapter 7 Dealing with Fragmentation: The New Political Equilibrium and Coalition Dynamics in the European Parliament During the 9th Legislature

Chapter 8 ‘They Are No Different, They Are Much the Same…?’ Post-2019 Inter-Institutional Dynamics in the European Union

Chapter 9 The von der Leyen Commission: An Early Assessment

Chapter 10 A “Geopolitical Commission”: Reaching a Point of Inflexion?

Chapter 11 Balancing the Unbalanced? An Ongoing Rivalry Between European Parliament and European Council

Chapter 12 The European Parliament’s Practice in Scrutinizing the Commission’s Delegated Acts Before and After the 2019 EP Elections

Chapter 13 The Empowerment of the General Secretariat of the Council: A Growing Challenge for Rotating Presidencies?

Chapter 14 The European Parliament Under COVID-19: Institutional Adaptation in Times of Pandemics

Chapter 15 Fighting Fires from Crisis to Crisis: The Evolution of Central Banking in Europe

Chapter 16 The EU Budget and Recovery Plan: A Chance for EU Ambition?

Chapter 17 Riding the Green Wave? Green Electoral Success and the European Green Deal

Chapter 18 How Covid-19 Hit Brussels and Beyond: The EU’s Crisis Management Tested by a Pandemic

Chapter 19 The Evolution of Enhanced Cooperation in the EU: From EnCo to PeSCo (2009–2019)

Chapter 20 The End of Enlargement? The EU’s Struggle with the Western Balkans and Eastern Partnership Countries

Chapter 21 From the Gulf of Aden to the Mediterranean Sea: The Institutionalisation of EU-NATO Maritime Relations

Chapter 22 The EU’s Embrace of Geopolitics: Insights from the EU-China Relationship

Chapter 23 Conclusion: The European Union Between Resistance, Resilience, and Reinvention