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> to provide assurances to those national governments that their own state can’t be dictated to by other states within the EU who may hold different cultural va
by wwtrv 3y ago
> to provide assurances to those national governments that their own state can’t be dictated to by other states within the EU who may hold different cultural values.
You might be thinking about the council and not the commission? While commissioners are appointed by national governments they "control" a fairly narrow area, e.g. if you get to appoint the commissioner for fisheries and agriculture he won't be able to influence healthcare policy that much.
- avianlyric 3y ago> You might be thinking about the council and not the commission? I am thinking of the commission, not the council. The EU parliament has no “right of initiative”, so it can’t propose new legislation itself, it can only work in legislation proposed by the EU commission. Which gives the commission a big chunk of soft power, because they effectively set the agenda of the EU parliament. The EU commission has both an executive role, which is the different ministries you mention, but also a legislative role, which is proposing legislation to the EU parliament. Which where an individual EU commissioner could have serious long term impact, as we’re seeing with these message scanning laws.