> The council, no one voted for them to be in the position they are, has more power than the voted for parliament. Luckily, that's not true. Parliament has th

> The council, no one voted for them to be in the position they are, has more power than the voted for parliament. Luckily, that's not true. Parliament has the final say, if a proposal doesn't pass parliament, it gets dropped or returned for 'refinement' into a proposal that does pass parliament. Article talks about the EU Commission though, not the European Council (not to be confused with the Council of the European Union (not to be confused with the Council of Europe)). But yeah, too much of an 'old boys network' that works behind closed doors vs. democratically elected representatives when it comes to proposing laws or general direction. To say nothing of the complexity & inefficiency of EU machinery.