Yes, this was a major regressive move compared with 2014 and the spitzenkandidat The move was caused by the democratically elected heads of government of the m

Yes, this was a major regressive move compared with 2014 and the spitzenkandidat The move was caused by the democratically elected heads of government of the member nations (including the UK at that time), not by the commission. P.S. in the UK the last time someone became PM the morning after winning a majority in a general election was 1997. The time before that was 1979. Major, Brown, May, Johnson were all selected by their party members Thatcher, Blair led parties that won an election (although less than 50% of the vote) Cameron won a plurarity of the seats in parliament but required both Tory and Lib Dem agreement The idea in the UK of the PM being elected is very rare.