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After the 2019 European election, national political actors and party officials in both the European Parliament as well as in the Council once again clashed over the selection of the Commission's President, a controversy that also received widespread public attention . Disagreements centered on the so-called Spitzenkandidaten - top candidate - system that - contrary to its premiere in 2014 - failed to be implemented . The manner in which this system functions is frequently misunderstood by both political actors and observers . One example is that the appointment process is interpreted through the lens of parliamentary democracy, another is that the overrepresentation of smaller member states within the European Parliament is depicted as a serious violation of democratic principles . Potential starting points for a thorough democratization of the EU, such as the direct election of the Commission President, a common electoral system with joint European parties, and a greater say by voters and the President of the Commission regarding the appointment of commissioners are also discussed . [ZParl, vol . 50 (2019), no . 4, pp . 870 - 879]

Der starke Zulauf rechtspopulistischer Parteien wird von manchen Autoren auf die Herausbildung eines vermeintlich neuen Cleavages in den Parteiensystemen zurückgeführt, das zwischen kosmopolitischen und kommunitaristischen Positionen verlaufe. Bei Lichte betrachtet handelt es sich dabei jedoch nur um eine Reformulierung der vorhandenen ökonomischen und kulturellen Konfliktlinien, die begrifflich unscharf bleibt und keinen theoretischen Mehrwert bietet. Um die Veränderung der Parteiensysteme zu verstehen, sollte der Blick auf das jeweilige Gewicht der ökonomischen und kulturellen Konflikte sowie auf deren Wechselbeziehungen gerichtet werden.

AbstractThe global financial crisis triggered profound changes in the conduct of monetary policy, with ultra‐low interest rates and asset purchases becoming the main policy tools. This represents a major shift towards interventionism that even ten years after the global financial crisis has not been reversed. In this article, I assess three views on money and monetary reform. I argue that a central bank regime with a narrow focus on refinancing property at market interest rates remains an attractive alternative to the current regime and provides an essential benchmark to assess the progress of monetary normalisation.