> should have more authority to assert itself The problem isn't that the EP doesn't have enough power, it's that EU politics doesn't have enough visibility, wh

> should have more authority to assert itself The problem isn't that the EP doesn't have enough power, it's that EU politics doesn't have enough visibility, which means that MEPs are almost always politically subordinate to their national peers which means the EP as a whole has less clout and which leads to them having less influence with the EC than the member states