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The EU commissioners are the appointed ones by the EU parliament(elected directly by the citizens) and the 27 leaders(head of state of each country, directly el
by mrtksn 3y ago
The EU commissioners are the appointed ones by the EU parliament(elected directly by the citizens) and the 27 leaders(head of state of each country, directly elected) elect the EU president.
The direct responsibility to the citizens concerns the elected ones. The commission is powerful but their power is restrained by the elected ones and the elected ones can replace the appointed ones if they are not happy with it.
Anyway, direct democracy exists only in few places, like in Switzerland. EU and most of the democratic world runs on representative democracies, that is you elect people who you trust that will work the best for your interests and send them in a fancy building to vote on stuff and hoping for the best.
- junofan 3y ago> you elect people who you trust that will work the best for your interests The EU explicitly works for collective interest, not individual interest.
- mrtksn 3y agoI find it useless to dive into a discussion on whose interests are the collective interests. Let's hope that we will get rid of those who's interests are not aligned with the collective interests.
- raxxorraxor 3y agoHow much the EU has a democratic deficit is a personal question for each constituent. In my case its democracy is very far removed from accountability and representation, so I believe the deficits are quite pronounced. It is not really honest to say you can put layers upon layers of indirect representation and the democratic process would not suffer. Legitimacy is lost on the way.