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The EU commission is voted in by the EU governments. The EU council is made by the EU governments. EU citizens elect MEPs. There is no accountability because n
by chronid 5y ago
The EU commission is voted in by the EU governments.
The EU council is made by the EU governments.
EU citizens elect MEPs.
There is no accountability because no one holds them to account and people repeat what you just wrote like gospel, including people writing for newspapers - and that has to stop.
You can pressure the EU as much as you can pressure your national government, all you need to do is put the pressure on your national government. Add your MEP on top, but the national governments are enough if you don't want to go the extra step.
- mpfundstein 5y agoi know how the EU works. on paper its nice. but in reality, 99% of people can't even name 5 EU politicians or more than 2 EU parties (if they even can name 1) or even which national party is part of which EU party. the whole thing is a huge black box IN PRACTICE and thats why it is so powerful and uncontrolled.
- skummetmaelk 5y agoAnd why is that? That is because national media cover only national politics in 99% of cases. The EU is only mentioned when the national politicians blame the EU for some of their own failings.