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yawn.. why do you brexiteers even care about EU anymore? The European Commission isn't directly elected by citizens in the EU but the President of the Commissio
by reddotX 6y ago
yawn.. why do you brexiteers even care about EU anymore?
The European Commission isn't directly elected by citizens in the EU but the President of the Commission needs to be approved by Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) who are elected by voters from member states. MEPs also vote on whether to approve Commissioners who are nominated by governments of member states. In no country citizens directly elect the government. EU commission EU's government. The commission president is equivalent with a PM
- turbinerneiter 6y agoI'm Austrian and pro EU. We were promised that the candidate of the strongest party in the parliament election will get the job. Every time this comes up people explain to me again what I already know, and never ever they seem to remember what the people were promised before the election.
- IfOnlyYouKnew 6y agoThat system was propagated by the two “Spitzenkandidaten” themselves. It’s not a law nor did the national governments sign up for it. So yes, it was a bit of deception, created as part of of a fight between institutions. Just about nobody decided their vote based on these candidates, anyway.
- turbinerneiter 6y agoIf nothing that is being promised during an election actually matters, we really don't have to keep pretending like this is a democracy.