Westlake, Martin and Gilloz, Oriane (2024) The 2009 transition from the rotating to the permanent presidency of the European Council. In: Coman, Ramona and Sierens, Vivien, (eds.) EU Council Presidencies in Times of Crises. Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, CH, 109 - 132. ISBN 9783031447877
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This chapter, part of an ongoing and much larger research and book project, uses interviews with some of the leading protagonists of the time to recount the immediate December 2009 transition from the rotating to the permanent presidency of the European Council. It describes how Herman Van Rompuy came to be appointed the first permanent President of the European Council and how the transition from the Swedish rotating presidency was pragmatically managed. It seeks to give a first ‘taste’ of the results of our ongoing interview-based research. It gives a sense of how much of that relatively smooth transition was a result of a mixture of good luck, enlightened improvisation and collective wisdom.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Official URL: | https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-4... |
| Additional Information: | © 2024 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG |
| Divisions: | European Institute |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General) |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Jul 2024 14:36 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Aug 2024 16:15 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/124398 |
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