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The performance of an office-holder is, in part, influenced by his or her predispositions. However excellent resources and opportunities that present themselves might be, they could not be fully exploited without the resolution, skills and credibility of the office-holder. The present chapter aims at illustrating some of the personal factors which may well have an impact on the leadership potential of the European Commission President. In particular, the ambitions, abilities and political capital of the President directly affect the scope and extent of such potential, thus constituting the main focus in the following analysis.
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© 1999 Ken Endo
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Endo, K. (1999). The Personal Factors of the Successive Commission Presidents. In: The Presidency of the European Commission under Jacques Delors. St Antony’s Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780333984161_5
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