Czech radio | The battle for EU leadership will start after the elections
The elections are not the end of the fight for the very leadership of the European Union. The coming weeks and months will decide the new leadership of the European Commission, the European Council, and the European Parliament. What will follow? Deputy Director and Head of the Brussels Office of EUROPEUM Institute, Žiga Faktor, answered questions for Czech Radio stations Radiožurnál and Plus.
National interests, regional distribution, political affiliation, and gender all play a role in the allocation of key positions within the European Union. Therefore, it is a very complex negotiation, and an unwritten rule is that the winning party in the European elections nominates a candidate for the head of the European Commission.
You can listen to the full commentary here from 14:42 and here from 15:19.
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Žiga Faktor
Deputy Director & Head of Brussels Office
Deputy Director & Head of Brussels Office
Expertise: European integration of Western Balkans, EU enlargement, Slovenian Politics and EU-Turkey relations
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