Funny, since I am a Swede. We got 21 votes in a 705 member parliament, but this article is about the European Commission and not the European Parliament. The c

Funny, since I am a Swede. We got 21 votes in a 705 member parliament, but this article is about the European Commission and not the European Parliament. The commission is appointed from each member state, but those appointed are bound by their oath of office to represent the general interest of the EU as a whole rather than their home state. It operate as the cabinet government of the European union rather than elected representatives of each country. Thus the relation to Europeans votes are a bit more disconnected with the commission compared to the parliament. It also the commission that draws most criticism. The biggest being transparency as as the commission is not held to the same democratic rules as parliament. A EU regulation by its nature must be transparent, while the operation of the commission often is not. Wikipedia has a sub article on this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_legitimacy_of_the_European_Union#European_Commission https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_legitimacy_of_the_E... WP quote: "One assertion of democratic illegitimacy focuses on the role of the European Commission as a non elected institution being the only entity (with some few exceptions) initiating legislation."