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There is a deadline which is the end of the term of the current european commission (next year after the elections).If the new commission doesn't want to take t

There is a deadline which is the end of the term of the current european commission (next year after the elections).If the new commission doesn't want to take this law any further, it will be dropped.

walterbell 3y ago
How are new commission members (s)elected?
- vaylian 3y ago
  see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Commission#Appointment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Commission#Appointmen... Each country sends candidates which then have to be approved by the european parliament.
- denton-scratch 3y ago
  Each country gets one or two commissioners. They are appointed by their respective national governments, subject to approval by the EU Parliament (but rejection is as rare as rocking-horse shit). Basically, commissioners are usually former senior politicians who can no longer get elected, because they've been disgraced in some way or other. It's a sinecure. It's almost impossible to dismiss them; the EU Parliament only has the power to dismiss the entire commission. That sounds like a nuclear option that could never be used; but is has been done, exactly once. It was over corruption; the parliament decided that essentially every commissioner was crooked.
  - matthewdgreen 3y ago
    As I understand it, the Parliament only gets a vote on the Commission President. The other 26 are selected by the Council of Ministers, without Parliamentary oversight.
    - CrisMystik 3y ago
      > The other 26 are selected by the Council of Ministers, without Parliamentary oversight. No, after the European Parliament has approved the proposed President of the European Commission and the Council has chosen the other 26 commissioners, the Commission as a whole is subject to another vote of confidence by the European Parliament.
FredPret 3y ago
It's a global trend though - consistent power-grabs
g-b-r 3y ago
The new commission will be elected by either the same current coalition or far-right authoritarian parties...

walterbell 3y ago

How are new commission members (s)elected?

vaylian 3y ago
see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Commission#Appointment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Commission#Appointmen... Each country sends candidates which then have to be approved by the european parliament.
denton-scratch 3y ago
Each country gets one or two commissioners. They are appointed by their respective national governments, subject to approval by the EU Parliament (but rejection is as rare as rocking-horse shit). Basically, commissioners are usually former senior politicians who can no longer get elected, because they've been disgraced in some way or other. It's a sinecure. It's almost impossible to dismiss them; the EU Parliament only has the power to dismiss the entire commission. That sounds like a nuclear option that could never be used; but is has been done, exactly once. It was over corruption; the parliament decided that essentially every commissioner was crooked.
- matthewdgreen 3y ago
  As I understand it, the Parliament only gets a vote on the Commission President. The other 26 are selected by the Council of Ministers, without Parliamentary oversight.
  - CrisMystik 3y ago
    > The other 26 are selected by the Council of Ministers, without Parliamentary oversight. No, after the European Parliament has approved the proposed President of the European Commission and the Council has chosen the other 26 commissioners, the Commission as a whole is subject to another vote of confidence by the European Parliament.

FredPret 3y ago

It's a global trend though - consistent power-grabs

g-b-r 3y ago

The new commission will be elected by either the same current coalition or far-right authoritarian parties...