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The Impact of Entrepreneurial Leadership on EU High Politics: A Case Study of Jacques Delors and the Creation of EMU

2005; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 1; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/1742715005054438

ISSN

1742-7169

Autores

Tobias Van Assche,

Tópico(s)

Social Policy and Reform Studies

Resumo

This article argues that entrepreneurial leadership (Young, 1991) of European Commission president Jacques Delors was a necessary factor in the creation of an Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). More specifically, it examines Delors’s role during the creation and duration of the Delors Committee in which a group of member state central bank governors and experts met to examine how an EMU could be accomplished. The Delors Report led to a change in the German position and a weakening of the British position. This article contributes to the growing literature on leadership in international bargaining, as well as the role of the Commission in European integration.

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