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Ah, that's interesting. I lived in Europe briefly, pre-Lisbon, and Europarl then was kind of a powerless institution. But reading this comment sent me to check
by acjohnson55 9y ago
Ah, that's interesting. I lived in Europe briefly, pre-Lisbon, and Europarl then was kind of a powerless institution. But reading this comment sent me to check out the Wikipedia page, and I can see that things have changed:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament
- kuschku 9y agoSince 2014, where Martin Schulz and Jean-Claude Juncker as leaders od the largest factions in the parliament basically staged a coup, the parliament now also has the power to elect the commission, instead of, as previously, just having veto power over the commission the council chooses. In 2014, Jean-Claude Juncker and his party had won parliament elections, and believed they had a reasonable reason to demand control of the committee, as would happen in a parliamentary democracy. The parliament threatened to veto every committee candidate and policy proposal unless the council would nominate the candidate that had "won" the elections. As a result, that happened, Juncker became committee president, and these new rules got later codified. It took a lot of unconventional methods for the parliament and court to get the power they have today from the council, which used to hold it before.
- acjohnson55 9y agoFascinating! Thanks. That was largely ignored in US media, as far as I know. But then again, the average American knows next to nothing about the EU.