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While the commission is not directly elected by the people, it is indirectly. That is in accordance to how many governments are formed. Every country can send
by madez 9y ago
While the commission is not directly elected by the people, it is indirectly. That is in accordance to how many governments are formed.
Every country can send just one member of the commission. Decisions are made by majority vote. Every member has the same weight, except the president, which is a tie-breaker. How again does the stronger country impose rules on the weaker?
The EU binds countries just like countries bind regions and cities. Why don't you complain about that? Well, because it is helpful if the government acts in the interest of the population.
A required part of understanding the EU is letting go of irrational attachment to notions of nationalism.
It is good that we have several governments working in our collective interest on many levels. Be it the city mayor, the regional government, the countrywide government or the European Commission.
- RobertoG 9y agoTell that to the Greeks, where the "independent" Central European Bank, theoretically also the central bank of the Greeks, was used as a weapon against then. Tell that to the countries in the south that are financing the exports of the north and that have to implement crazy pro-cyclical economic policies. A part of understanding the European Union (and even more so the Eurozone) is letting go of fairy tales about how Realpolitik and national interest is dead. If you want a real union just create a fiscal union controlled by the European parliament, but that, it's not going to happen.