The European Commission in the Post-Lisbon Era of Crises

The book looks at the major institutional changes that affected the European Commission since the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty in 2009, considering the impact it has had on major policies as well as the global financial crisis, which broke out soon before the Lisbon Treaty went into effect.

Michele Chang is Professor in the Department of European Political and Administrative Studies at the College of Europe (Bruges). She was previously a Fulbright Scholar at the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels. Jörg Monar is Director of Studies in the Department of European Political and Administrative Studies at the College of Europe (Bruges). He has been Professor at the College of Europe (Bruges and Natolin) since 1991.

Contents: Foreword by Commission Vice President Maroš Šef?ovi? – Michele Chang: Introduction – Eviola Prifti: The post-Lisbon Treaty Commissioners (2010-2014). Experts or Politicians? – Didier Georgakakis: Technocracy is Dead. Long Live Bureaucracy! On Some Recent Changes to the Civil Service and the European Commission – Constance Poiré: The Creation of a New Portfolio on Climate Action. A Strategic Political and Administrative Reform within the European Commission? – Elisa Molino/Adrien Sellez: The Implementation of the Lisbon Treaty through the Reform of the ‘Comitology System’. Self-Empowerment of the European Commission? – Olivier Höing/Wolfgang Wessels: The European Commission’s Position in the Post-Lisbon Institutional Balance. Secretariat or Partner to the European Council? – Michele Chang: Constructing the Commission’s Six-Pack Proposals. Political Leadership Thwarted? – Alexandra Paul: The Commission in Times of Economic Crisis. An Effective Leadership? A Case Study on EU Cohesion Policy and the Governance of Structural Funds – Camille Kelbel: A Mile Wide and an Inch Deep? Energy Solidarity and the European Commission’s Leadership Post-Lisbon – Maylis Labayle: The New Commission’s Role in Freedom, Security and Justice in the Post-Lisbon Context. New Era or Missed Opportunity? – Neill Nugent/Mark Rhinard: The European Commission and External Relations – Jörg Monar: The Post-Lisbon European Commission. Between Political Leadership and Policy Management.