Leadership Styles in the European Council
VASS Martina
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- Categories: Council of the European Union
- Publisher: Springer International Publishing
- ISBN: 9783031736209
- Publication Date: 04/02/2025
- Binding: Paperback
- Number of pages: 294
Summary
Using the example of Werner Faymann, Dalia Grybauskaité, Angela Merkel,
Viktor Orbán and Mark Rutte, the book examines the impact that the
European Council’s environment has on leadership styles and the impact
of leaders on the institution’s decision-making during the financial and
debt crisis, the Ukraine crisis, and the migration crisis (2010-2016).
It presents domestic factors affecting the choice of leadership style
nationally, finding cooperative styles are best suited to the European
Council, as its structure relies on negotiated consensus. The European
Council’s environment has three effects on leadership styles and
decision-making: socialisation towards cooperation, compromise making,
and Europeanisation. The book provides an in-depth insight into how
leaders behave among their peers behind closed doors.