> It is the most intransparent and indirect way of determining a political position. As voter you have zero control over who is part of the Commission. It's th

> It is the most intransparent and indirect way of determining a political position. As voter you have zero control over who is part of the Commission. It's the same way the British PM is elected. Direct (or rather electoral college) elections for the U.S. president is one way, but many countries have the head of government as leader of the largest party. In this case Juncker was the nominated candidate of the largest group (the EPP)