> Every single Eu rule and initiative must be approved by the European parliament I'm not sure what good that does. When did your MEP last initiate a piece of

> Every single Eu rule and initiative must be approved by the European parliament I'm not sure what good that does. When did your MEP last initiate a piece of legislation? The EU is as far from a direct democracy as it's possible to be. I'm currently in Switzerland, they have regular referendums, that's what makes a direct democracy. Ursula von der Leyen was picked for her job in an intransparent closed-doors process, she wasn't even a candidate for anything. "On 2 July 2019, von der Leyen was proposed by the European Council as the candidate for president of the European Commission"[0] [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen