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http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/2b10bf879257b9e2 https://verfassungsblog.de/eu-commission-new-von-der-leyen-president/ La Commission, c’est moi? - The invisible hand of Article 17(6) TEU in the presidentialisation of the European Commission Cotter, John eng 2024-09-25 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Commission President European Commission Europäische Kommission. Kommission zu Auslegungsfragen Europäische Kommission. Kommission zu Auslegungsfragen Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Contrary to cartoonish portrayals of Ursula von der Leyen as a latter-day Caesar, who may be illegitimately presidentialising the Commission, the current Commission President is merely furthering a more centralised vision of the institution that is implicit in the extent of her organisational powers under Article 17(6) TEU. While there are strong legal and constitutionally moral arguments for an alternative, more plural executive understanding of the Commission, the Treaties leave room for a contest between presidentialist and pluralist visions to take place across time in the political arena. Moreover, a more presidential conception of the Commission, while it may raise some questions regarding the mode of election of the Commission President and the role of the Commission, may also possess some positives.