Vestert Borger is Assistant Professor of European Law at Leiden University, the Netherlands.Thomas Beukers is Professor of Institutional Law and Practice of the European Union at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

• 1. A Constitutional Analysis of the Spitzenkandidaten Procedure: The EU’s System of Government in Comparative Perspective, Vestert Borger (Leiden University, the Netherlands) and Thomas Beukers (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands)Part I: The Spitzenkandidaten Procedure: Government Formation, Institutions, Relations and Principles 2. The European Parliament and Spitzenkandidaten: Parliamentary Involvement in Government Formation from a Comparative Constitutional Perspective, Cristina Fasone (Luiss Guido Carli, Italy)3. The European Council and the Constitutional Fate of Spitzenkandidaten, Thomas Beukers (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands) 4. The Spitzenkandidaten Procedure and the Constitutional Position of the Commission, Maria Patrin (Hertie School Berlin, Germany) Part II: The Spitzenkandidaten Procedure: Political Parties, Constitutional Development and the EU’s System of Government 5. EU Political Parties and the Spitzenkandidaten Procedure: A Comparison with National Practice, Richard Corbett (former member of the European Parliament) 6. The Spitzenkandidaten Procedure as a Convention: An Analysis of its Scope and Exceptions, Gert Jan Geertjes (Leiden University, the Netherlands) 7. Spitzenkandidaten and the European Union’s System of Government, Vestert Borger (Leiden University, the Netherlands)Conclusions 8. What the Spitzenkandidaten Procedure Teaches us about the EU’s System of Government and Constitutional Development, Vestert Borger (Leiden University, the Netherlands) and Thomas Beukers (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands)

Vestert Borger is Assistant Professor of European Law at Leiden University, the Netherlands.Thomas Beukers is Professor of Institutional Law and Practice of the European Union at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

• 1. A Constitutional Analysis of the Spitzenkandidaten Procedure: The EU’s System of Government in Comparative Perspective, Vestert Borger (Leiden University, the Netherlands) and Thomas Beukers (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands)Part I: The Spitzenkandidaten Procedure: Government Formation, Institutions, Relations and Principles 2. The European Parliament and Spitzenkandidaten: Parliamentary Involvement in Government Formation from a Comparative Constitutional Perspective, Cristina Fasone (Luiss Guido Carli, Italy)3. The European Council and the Constitutional Fate of Spitzenkandidaten, Thomas Beukers (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands) 4. The Spitzenkandidaten Procedure and the Constitutional Position of the Commission, Maria Patrin (Hertie School Berlin, Germany) Part II: The Spitzenkandidaten Procedure: Political Parties, Constitutional Development and the EU’s System of Government 5. EU Political Parties and the Spitzenkandidaten Procedure: A Comparison with National Practice, Richard Corbett (former member of the European Parliament) 6. The Spitzenkandidaten Procedure as a Convention: An Analysis of its Scope and Exceptions, Gert Jan Geertjes (Leiden University, the Netherlands) 7. Spitzenkandidaten and the European Union’s System of Government, Vestert Borger (Leiden University, the Netherlands)Conclusions 8. What the Spitzenkandidaten Procedure Teaches us about the EU’s System of Government and Constitutional Development, Vestert Borger (Leiden University, the Netherlands) and Thomas Beukers (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands)

Vestert Borger is Assistant Professor of European Law at Leiden University, the Netherlands.Thomas Beukers is Professor of Institutional Law and Practice of the European Union at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

• 1. A Constitutional Analysis of the Spitzenkandidaten Procedure: The EU’s System of Government in Comparative Perspective, Vestert Borger (Leiden University, the Netherlands) and Thomas Beukers (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands)Part I: The Spitzenkandidaten Procedure: Government Formation, Institutions, Relations and Principles 2. The European Parliament and Spitzenkandidaten: Parliamentary Involvement in Government Formation from a Comparative Constitutional Perspective, Cristina Fasone (Luiss Guido Carli, Italy)3. The European Council and the Constitutional Fate of Spitzenkandidaten, Thomas Beukers (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands) 4. The Spitzenkandidaten Procedure and the Constitutional Position of the Commission, Maria Patrin (Hertie School Berlin, Germany) Part II: The Spitzenkandidaten Procedure: Political Parties, Constitutional Development and the EU’s System of Government 5. EU Political Parties and the Spitzenkandidaten Procedure: A Comparison with National Practice, Richard Corbett (former member of the European Parliament) 6. The Spitzenkandidaten Procedure as a Convention: An Analysis of its Scope and Exceptions, Gert Jan Geertjes (Leiden University, the Netherlands) 7. Spitzenkandidaten and the European Union’s System of Government, Vestert Borger (Leiden University, the Netherlands)Conclusions 8. What the Spitzenkandidaten Procedure Teaches us about the EU’s System of Government and Constitutional Development, Vestert Borger (Leiden University, the Netherlands) and Thomas Beukers (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands)