The Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2010.
The Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2010.
Between entrepreneurial leadership and transitional leadership
Author(s): Maria-Valentina NisteSubject(s): Governance, Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Present Times (2010 - today), EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: Centre of European Dialogue and Cultural Diplomacy
Keywords: Spanish Rotating Presidency; The Treaty of Lisbon; transition; political leadership; transitional leadership;
Summary/Abstract: This paper aims to look at the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union during the Spanish term of office in January-June 2010 starting from the research question: was the Spanish Rotating Presidency in 2010 a model of leadership for future rotating presidencies, or was it rather a transitional presidency? I have opted to analyse the political speech of Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, following his rhetoric in relation to the evolution of the Spanish leadership, in order to identify the model for the Spanish Presidency. For data interpretation, I have chosen to operationalise with the conceptual framework proposed by Oran Young- the typologies of political leadership, and of Ellen Golding’s for transitional leadership. The analysis follows three important moments- the beginning, the half-way and the end of the semester in order to highlight the particularities of the Spanish Presidency in relation to the research issue.
Journal: Journal of Global Politics and Current Diplomacy
- Issue Year: 8/2020
- Issue No: 2
- Language: English