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Summitry and Leadership in Regional Organisations: Comparing ASEAN Summit and the European Council Summit

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This chapter analyses summitry in order to deepen our understanding of political leadership in a regional context. It argues that summitry enhances and facilitates leadership, as setting the agenda of a summit is the prerogative of the Chair or the host of a summit. This chapter focuses on six case studies: three summit meetings each for ASEAN and the EU. For ASEAN, the summit meetings discussed are the 11th ASEAN Summit held in Kuala Lumpur in 2005, the 27th ASEAN Summit which was also held in Kuala Lumpur in 2015, and the 45th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM) held in 2012. For the EU, the summits examined are the June 1984 Fontainebleau European Council meeting, the December 1985 Luxemburg European Council meeting, and the June 2015 European Council meeting. The analysis within this chapter suggests that summitry is an important factor in facilitating leadership in a regional context, and thus is crucial for the success of regional community-building, in the case of both ASEAN and the EU.

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    The term ‘inter-governmental conference’ is used to describe negotiations between the member state governments with a view of amending the Treaties. Under this procedure, any member state, the Commission, or the European Parliament presents to the Council proposals for the amendment of the Treaties. These proposals are submitted to the European Council by the Council, and the national Parliaments are notified. If the European Council, acting by simple majority after consulting the European Parliament and the Commission, decides in favour of examining the proposed amendments, the President of the European Council convenes a Convention (see http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/glossary/intergovernmental_conference_en.htm).

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    Indeed, ‘in the attempt to settle the “British problem”, other problems were solved along on the way: the “German problem” had been resolved; a solution had been found for the deficit in the 1984 Community budget; attention had been returned to new policies; and, most significantly, work had resumed on a European Union based on the Treaty of Rome, opening up new horizons’ (Bulletin of the European Communities 1984, p. 12).

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    Hungary and Bulgaria, however, will not take part in the scheme, taking into account that both countries are already under pressure, with an increased flow of refugees crossing their borders, coming from the Balkans or Turkey (Weber 2015). Denmark, Ireland, and the UK will also not participate (European Council 2015b) given to an opt-out mechanism in home affairs legislation, which include the relocating refugee issue. The UK and Ireland have an opt-out with the possibility to participate should they so choose, while Denmark has an opt-out without the possibility to participate (European Commission 2015a).

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Mohamed Pero, S.D. (2019). Summitry and Leadership in Regional Organisations: Comparing ASEAN Summit and the European Council Summit. In: Leadership in Regional Community-Building. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7976-5_6

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