The European Commission under President Ursula von der Leyen by Abels, Gabriele; Kantola, Johanna; Lombardo, Emanuela;

Gender, Leadership, Policies, and Crises

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Publisher OUP Oxford
Date of Publication 27 November 2025

ISBN 9780198953661
Binding Hardback
No. of pages432 pages
Size 240x160x30 mm
Weight 789 g
Language English

Short description:

The volume provides the first comprehensive account of the European Commission under its first female president, Ursula von der Leyen (2019-2024). It facilitates a deep understanding of the role and significance of the von der Leyen Commission in the evolution of European integration and the process of European governance.

Long description:

The volume provides the first comprehensive account of the European Commission under its first female president, Ursula von der Leyen (2019-2024). Amid unprecedented crises, von der Leyen pressed forward with an exceptionally ambitious political agenda, simultaneously pushing European integration into new territory and demanding a new European vision for "A Union of Equality." Applying a gender approach, this book systematically examines von der Leyen's ascendance to and exercise of political leadership in the European Union, the Commission's substantive agenda-setting and policy-making, its responses to the various European crises, and its impact on European governance. The volume provides a new conceptual framework, "critical actorness", capturing both continuities and changes in individual agency and structural processes at the European level from a gender perspective. It encompasses detailed single and comparative analyses, providing an in-depth examination of both von der Leyen and the Commission's multifaceted policy-making, intra- and inter-institutional relations, and crisis management. The volume demonstrates that while von der Leyen and her Commission provided proactive leadership in face of imminent crises, their performance was less effective in addressing long-term issues, particularly gender equality, and LGBTIQ and minority rights. Integrating gender, leadership, structures, policies, and crises, the volume facilitates a deep understanding of the role and significance of the von der Leyen Commission in the evolution of European integration and the process of European governance.

Introduction: The European Commission under President Ursula von der Leyen-A Critical Actorness Approach
Part I Conceptual and Biographical Approaches to ''A Union of Equality''
A ''Union of Equality'': A New Doctrine for the European Union
Words and Deeds?: The von der Leyen Commission's Defense of Equality in Times of Anti-Gender Opposition
''Through the Side Door'': Ursula von der Leyen's Unconventional Path to Power
Part II The von der Leyen Commission: Gender, Structure, and Leadership
Political Leadership, (Gender) Equality, and Crises: Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Agenda-Setting
The Long (and Still Incomplete) March to Gender Parity: von der Leyen I in Historical Perspective
Von der Leyen's Gender-Balanced Team: A New Way of Operating in the College of Commissioners?
Gendering the Interinstitutional Landscape: Relations of the von der Leyen Commission to the European Parliament and the Council
Part III Policies and Politics under the Equality Lens: The Six Priorities of the von der Leyen Commission
The European Green Deal Through an Equalities Lens: A Missed Opportunity?
An Economy that Works for the People: Social and Economic Policy
A Europe Fit for the Digital Age: Combating Online Violence Against Women
Toward a More Gender-Equal EU Migration Policy?: Gender and Sexuality in the New Pact on Migration and Asylum
A Stronger Europe in the World: Is von der Leyen's ''Geopolitical Turn'' Fostering or Hindering Gender Justice?
The Citizenwashing of von der Leyen's ''New Push for European Democracy'': The Conference on the Future of Europe and the Commission's European Citizens' Panels
Part IV Crises and Responses: The Commission in Turbulent Times
Gendering the EU's COVID-19 Pandemic Response: The Recovery and Resilience Facility
The Commission as a Critical Actor for Strengthening Supranational Rule of Law Enforcement?: The Mixed Record of the von der Leyen Commission
EU Values in Gendered Violence Legislation: The Directive on Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence
Facing Unprecedented Challenges: Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Russia's War in Ukraine
''Free to Be Yourself in the EU'': The von der Leyen Commission and LGBTIQ Equality in the Eastern Partnership Countries
Part V Looking Ahead: Toward A ''Union of Equality''?
Conclusions: Political Leadership and the Differential von der Leyen Effect in European Policy-Making