The European Commission is the EU's executive body. The President of the European Commission (PotEC) is nominated by the European Council[0] and then elected by

The European Commission is the EU's executive body. The President of the European Commission (PotEC) is nominated by the European Council[0] and then elected by the directly-elected European Parliament. The Member States (other than the one from which the PotEC came) then nominate Commissioners who are assigned portfolios from the PotEC and are approved en-bloc by the European Parliament.[1] Commissioners aren't members of the European Parliament. You're right the DMA isn't law yet, it's only party-way through second step of the process, the Ordinary Legislative Procedure. The Ordinary legislative Procedure works something like this: 1. The Commission adopts a Proposal for a legislative act (i.e. a Directive or Regulation) 2. The European Parliament considers the proposal in committees (with a nominated lead committee), and then in plenary. This will almost certainly involve amending the text of the proposal. 3. If approved by the European Parliament, the proposal then moves to the Council of the European Union (not to be confused with the European Council, mentioned above, or the Council of Europe, which is not an EU body.[2]). This Council is made up of representatives (often ministers) from each of the member states, but not the heads of state and government. 4. If the Council has suggested amendments to the text then these can either be accepted by the European Parliament or a process known as "trialogue" happens, where there are negotiations between Parliament, Council and Commission. 5. Once the institutions have agreed on the final text, the act is published in the Official Journal of the European Union and becomes law. [0] The body comprising the heads of state and government of the EU's member states [1] But only after Parliament holds confirmation hearings. These can - and have - led to portfolios being re-assigned or to member states withdrawing their candidates and replacing them with somebody more acceptable to Parliament. [2] Somebody really needs to do something about these names as it's confusing AF. Although generally the Council of the European Union is referred to as just "the Council".