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Elected commissioners? They are appointed not elected and as we know, they alone can propose laws. "The Commission has a virtual monopoly on the introduction o

Elected commissioners? They are appointed not elected and as we know, they alone can propose laws. "The Commission has a virtual monopoly on the introduction of legislation into the legislative process, a power which gives the Commission considerable influence as an agenda setter for the EU as a whole. And while the Commission frequently introduces legislation at the behest of the Council or upon the suggestion of Parliament, what form any legislative proposals introduced take is up to the Commission. " https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_legislative_procedure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_legislative_pro...

Chyzwar 9y ago
One of the 28 is the Commission President (currently Jean-Claude Juncker) proposed by the European Council[5] and elected by the European Parliament.[6] The Council of the "European Union then nominates the other 27 members of the Commission in agreement with the nominated President, and the 28 members as a single body are then subject to a vote of approval by the European Parliament.[7] The current Commission is the Juncker Commission, which took office in late 2014." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Commission https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Commission Council represent individual governments and European Parliment is elected. Commision is also elected by above. This system ensures that power is distributed between executive and legislature. By extension of the democratically elected European Parliament, legislature sooner or later trickle down to individual countries. Compare this to the US with total chaos. Where president did not win by popular vote. Elections are rigged by gerrymandering. Senat is pushing for a legislature that is ignored in half of the states. President is doing executive orders that are either illegal or overreach his competences. FBI is messing with elections by running the public show. Maybe EU move slowly, but I like this process.

Chyzwar 9y ago

One of the 28 is the Commission President (currently Jean-Claude Juncker) proposed by the European Council[5] and elected by the European Parliament.[6] The Council of the "European Union then nominates the other 27 members of the Commission in agreement with the nominated President, and the 28 members as a single body are then subject to a vote of approval by the European Parliament.[7] The current Commission is the Juncker Commission, which took office in late 2014." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Commission https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Commission Council represent individual governments and European Parliment is elected. Commision is also elected by above. This system ensures that power is distributed between executive and legislature. By extension of the democratically elected European Parliament, legislature sooner or later trickle down to individual countries. Compare this to the US with total chaos. Where president did not win by popular vote. Elections are rigged by gerrymandering. Senat is pushing for a legislature that is ignored in half of the states. President is doing executive orders that are either illegal or overreach his competences. FBI is messing with elections by running the public show. Maybe EU move slowly, but I like this process.