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Laws are not created by the commission. Laws can be proposed by the commission, but must pass an unanimous vote by the council (made up of a representative of t
by alphager 3y ago
Laws are not created by the commission. Laws can be proposed by the commission, but must pass an unanimous vote by the council (made up of a representative of the government of every country) and pass a qualified majority vote in the EU parliament.
- nvm0n2 3y agoThe council also uses qualified majority voting and has done for nearly a decade. The Commission is the sole source of legislation. The Council cannot change EU law against the will of the Commission, so in practice it's a rubber stamp body that just always votes yes to everything. This is what I'm saying in another comment: HN is flooded with incorrect claims about how the EU actually works, always in the direction of making it sound more accountable than it actually is.