Европски парламент и избор председника Комисије: корак ка "политизацији" ЕУ?
The European Parliament and the election of the President of the Commission: a step towards the "politicization" of the EU?

Summary/Abstract: The 2014 elections for the European Parliament are an important moment in the European integration process. This article argues that the nomination of candidates for the presidency of the European Commission by political parties at the European level – and its acceptance by the European Council – will inevitably lead to a higher degree of politicisation of the EC. If it is a positive step in order to abate the “democratic deficit” of the European Union, such a procedure and its consequences raise, nevertheless, some fundamental issues about the possibility of a true European political space and the appliance of the majority principle in the context of absence of an European demos. Therefore, what has been presented as a major step towards democratisation of the EU could be the catalyser of inherent contradictions of the European integration process.

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