The Spitzenkandidaten Practice in the Spotlight - The Constitutional Nature of an Erratic Informal Rule Citino, Ylenia Maria Author aut (orcid)0000-0002-3804-9673 Text xx# 2024 Verfassungsblog 2024-04-03 eng
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 Ten years have lapsed since the first successful attempt to launch the Spitzenkandidaten practice in 2014. With the European political parties midway through selecting their lead candidates once again, the upcoming European elections raise questions about the constitutional nature of this informal practice. The following comment aims to enquire what consequences, given the evolving dynamics of the practice, can be attached to a potential failure to designate a Spitzenkandidat. In particular, I argue that only if the SK process evolves into a constitutional customary rule, it is possible to conceive a duty upon the European Council to consider appointing the leading candidate from the party winning the elections of the European Parliament. CC BY-SA 4.0 Citino, Ylenia Maria Customary rules EU EU EU Elections Europawahl Lead candidates Spitzenkandidaten EU Europawahl 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-spitzenkandidaten-practice/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/51d9f3c4a7a95b4e 240403 10.59704/51d9f3c4a7a95b4e Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)