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The Commission’s leadership and the EU governance
This Synthesis summarises the main issues dealt with during the conference “The Commission leadership and the governance of Europe” co-organised with Friends of Europe, with contributions from Jean-Claude Juncker, Étienne Davignon and Jacques Delors.
This Synthesis summarises the main issues dealt with during the conference entitled “The Commission leadership and the governance of Europe” organised by the Jacques Delors Institute and Friends of Europe on 16 Marchy 2015, with contributions from Jean-Claude Juncker, Étienne Davignon and Jacques Delors among others.
The Synthesis is divided into 4 main parts:
1. Redressing the institutional balance of the EU
2. Solidarity and subsidiarity
3. A new democracy for the EU
4. Looking to the future
See also:
– Video tribune of Jacques Delors: “Jacques Delors discusses the Commission presidency and the EU’s institutional functioning“.
– Video tribune of Jean-Claude Juncker: “Jean-Claude Junker discusses the Commission presidency and the Delors years“.
SUR LE MÊME THÈME
ON THE SAME THEME
PUBLICATIONS
An overhaul of the European fiscal framework?
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The General Secretariate under the Juncker Commission
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CARNETS DE CRISE
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100 jours de la Commission :
devenir une puissance verte
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« Europe’s New beginnings »
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Leçon de démocratie à Bruxelles
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Cities in Europe
What EU innovation can do for climate neutrality
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The European migration policy:
all about the beginnings
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A greener and more inclusive trade policy
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A new approach to Eurozone reform
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A fresh start in EU asylum policy
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An EU budget in support of the next commission’s agenda
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Objective 2024: better living and working conditions for all europeans
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Europeans face the risk of democratic regression: what can be done
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Challenges for EU digital and innovation policy
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Bolstering EU foreign and security policy in times of contestation
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The European Green deal starts with the energy transition
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The Seven qualities of a European Commission
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One Hat for Two Heads: A Complex Simplification Process
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A Political European Commission through a new organisation “This Time it’s Different”. Really?
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Romano Prodi discusses the Commission presidency and the Delors years
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Pascal Lamy discusses the Commission presidency and the Delors years
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Peter Sutherland discusses the Commission presidency and the Delors years
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Etienne Davignon discusses the Commission presidency and the Delors years
![](https://institutdelors.eu/wp-content/themes/Avada-Child-Theme/images/decryptagebleu.png)
Jacques Delors discusses the Commission presidency and the EU’s institutional functioning
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The Juncker Commission: what party balances?
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A dual horizon: emerging from the crisis and addressing international challenges
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New president, new “Constitution”?
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The Commission reform: between efficiency and legitimacy
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A new president, for what purpose?
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Who will the Commission’s next president be? A multiple-choice question
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The EU and its legislation: prison of peoples or chicken coops?
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European Commission and Parliament: what relations?
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President Barroso’s Road Map
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Politisation of the Union: the case of the Services Directive
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The Enlarged European Commission
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MÉDIAS
MEDIAS
“Top jobs”
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Le choix d’un futur commissaire européen, premier saut d’obstacle d’une éventuelle cohabitation
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Von der Leyen à l’heure d’un bilan, neuf mois avant les élections européennes
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