The EU Political System After the 2019 European Elections

1. Introduction.- 2. EU Citizen Participation "in the Union's Democratic Life": A Policy and Legal Analysis.- 3. Higher turnout at the expense of representativeness? The 2019 European elections against the backdrop of a socio-economically biased voter turnout.- 4. Unpacking legislative turnover in the 2019 European Parliament elections.- 5. The Life and Death of Spitzenkandidaten: What Role is Left for European Political Parties?.- 6. The political regime of the EU through the prism of the confirmation of the von der Leyen Commission by the European Parliament.- 7. Dealing with fragmentation: The new political equilibrium and coalition dynamics in the European Parliament during the 9^th legislature.- 8. They are no different, they are much the same? Post-2019 inter-institutional dynamics in the European Union.- 9. The Von Der Leyen Commission: An Early Assessment.- 10. A "geopolitical Commission": reaching a pointof inflexion?.- 11. Balancing the unbalanced? An ongoing rivalry between European Parliament and European Council.- 12. The European Parliament's practice in scrutinizing the Commission's delegated acts before and after the 2019 EP elections.- 13. The empowerment of the General Secretariat of the Council: a growing challenge for rotating presidencies?.- 14. The European Parliament under COVID-19: Institutional adaptation in times of pandemics.- 15. The Evolution of Central Banking in Europe.- 16. The EU budget and Recovery Plan: a chance for EU ambition?.- 17. "A Green European Wave?" Green Electoral Success and the European Green Deal.- 18. How Covid-19 Hit Brussels and Beyond: The EU's Crisis Management Tested by a Pandemic.- 19. The evolution of enhanced cooperation in the EU: from EnCo to PeSCo (2009-2019).- 20. The End of Enlargement? The EU's Struggle with the Western Balkans and Eastern Partnership countries.- 21. From the Gulf of Aden to the Mediterranean sea: The institutionalisation of EU-NATO maritime relations.- 22. The EU's embrace of geopolitics: Insights from the EU-China Relationship.