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The volume provides the first comprehensive account of the European Commission under its first female president, Ursula von der Leyen (2019-2024). Amid unprecedented crises, von der Leyen pressed forward with an exceptionally ambitious political agenda, simultaneously pushing European integration into new territory and demanding a new European vision for "A Union of Equality." Applying a gender approach, this book systematically examines von der Leyen's ascendance to and exercise of political leadership in the European Union, the Commission's substantive agenda-setting and policy-making, its responses to the various European crises, and its impact on European governance. The volume provides a new conceptual framework, "critical actorness", capturing both continuities and changes in individual agency and structural processes at the European level from a gender perspective. It encompasses detailed single and comparative analyses, providing an in-depth examination of both von der Leyen and the Commission's multifaceted policy-making, intra- and inter-institutional relations, and crisis management. The volume demonstrates that while von der Leyen and her Commission provided proactive leadership in face of imminent crises, their performance was less effective in addressing long-term issues, particularly gender equality, and LGBTIQ and minority rights. Integrating gender, leadership, structures, policies, and crises, the volume facilitates a deep understanding of the role and significance of the von der Leyen Commission in the evolution of European integration and the process of European governance.
Contents
Gabriele Abels, Johanna Kantola, Emanuela Lombardo, and Henriette Müller: Introduction. The European Commission under President Ursula von der Leyen: A Critical Actorness Approach
Part I. Conceptual and Biographical Approaches to "A Union of Equality"
1: Agnès Hubert and Sophie Jacquot: A "Union of Equality": A New Doctrine for the European Union
2: Emanuela Lombardo and Lucrecia Rubio Grundell: Words and Deeds?: The von der Leyen Commission's Defense of Equality in Times of Anti-gender Opposition
3: Joyce Marie Mushaben: "Through the Side Door": Ursula von der Leyen's Unconventional Path to Power
Part II. The von der Leyen Commission: Gender, Structure, and Leadership
4: Henriette Müller: Political Leadership, (Gender) Equality, and Crises: Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Agenda-Setting
5: Sara Connolly, Hussein Kassim, Josefine Lynggaard, Andrew Thompson, and Pierre Alayrac: The Long (and Still Incomplete) March to Gender Parity: von der Leyen I in Historical Perspective
6: John A. Scherpereel, Michel Mitri, and Alida Schreuders: Von der Leyen's Gender-Balanced Team: A New Way of Operating in the College of Commissioners?
7: Gabriele Abels and Johanna Kantola: Gendering the Interinstitutional Landscape: Relations of the von der Leyen Commission to the European Parliament and the Council
Part III. Policies and Politics under the Equality Lens: The Six Priorities of the von der Leyen Commission
8: Gill Allwood and Annica Kronsell: The European Green Deal Through an Equalities Lens: A Missed Opportunity?
9: Paul Copeland and Anna Elomäki: An Economy that Works for the People: Social and Economic Policy
10: Olga Jurasz: A Europe Fit for the Digital Age: Combating Online Violence Against Women
11: Amandine Le Bellec and Jane Freedman: Toward a More Gender-Equal EU Migration Policy?: Gender and Sexuality in the New Pact on Migration and Asylum
12: Hanna L. Mühlenhoff, Toni Haastrup, and Roberta Guerrina: A Stronger Europe in the World: Is von der Leyen's "Geopolitical Turn" Fostering or Hindering Gender Justice?
13: Alvaro Oleart: The Citizenwashing of von der Leyen's "New Push for European Democracy": The Conference on the Future of Europe and the Commission's European Citizens' Panels
Part IV. Crises and Responses: The Commission in Turbulent Times
14: Muireann O'Dwyer and Stefanie Wöhl: Gendering the EU's COVID-19 Pandemic Response: The Recovery and Resilience Facility
15: Lisa H. Anders and Sonja Priebus: The Commission as a Critical Actor for Strengthening Supranational Rule of Law Enforcement? The Mixed Record of the von der Leyen Commission
16: Valentine Berthet and Lise Rolandsen Agustín: EU Values in Gendered Violence Legislation: The Directive on Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence
17: Ingeborg Tömmel: Facing Unprecedented Challenges: Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Russia's War in Ukraine
18: Maryna Shevtsova: "Free to Be Yourself in the EU": The von der Leyen Commission and LGBTIQ Equality in the Eastern Partnership Countries
Part V. Looking Ahead: Towards a "Union of Equality"?
Henriette Müller and Michael W. Bauer: Conclusions. Political Leadership and the Differential von der Leyen Effect in European Policy-Making
