There have been, but it's quite rare and not something they spend a whole lot of time thinking about > Council (assuming you are referring to the council of th

There have been, but it's quite rare and not something they spend a whole lot of time thinking about > Council (assuming you are referring to the council of the EU) I was actually referring to the European Council, since it's the organ that is involved in the election of the Commission But agreed on the national executive branches legislating at the EU. That is at the same time the most undemocratic thing about the EU and the least common criticism, which I find baffling Personally I'd rather the council operated as a parliamentary assembly made up of delegations from national parliaments / national parliamentary committees I just don't want it to be directly elected too, the US made that mistake with the 17th amendment and I always get the feeling they're worse off for it