They are directly nominated by the government of the European states. So no, they are not nominated by the parliament. The idea that they would be legitimate b

They are directly nominated by the government of the European states. So no, they are not nominated by the parliament. The idea that they would be legitimate because of being nominated by someone elected by proxy looks like to be a broken model in my opinion. Especially, because, never an European had to vote for someone that had in their program or proposal anything said about the person's that will be nominated at this position. So this is different, in my opinion, of a model like US.