One Hat for Two Heads: A Complex Simplification Process

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Publication Date 26/09/2017
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European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has renewed the idea in his State of the Union speech on the 13 September 2017 of merging the positions of President of the European Commission and that of the European Council.

Alain Dauvergne, Advisor at the Jacques Delors Institute, analyses this perspective which may seem politically attractive but which raises delicate institutional issues.
Source Link Link to Main Source http://www.institutdelors.eu/media/onehatfortwoheads-dauvergne-tribune-sept17.pdf
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Politico, 13.09.17: Juncker calls for combining two EU presidencies into one http://www.politico.eu/article/juncker-calls-for-combining-two-eu-presidencies-into-one/
EUObserver, 13.09.17: Juncker calls for united EU under one leader https://euobserver.com/political/139002
EurActiv, 20.09.17: Van Rompuy on Juncker's single EU president proposal (EurActiv tv) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVGUe8C1vdA
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