The Commission is decidedly not the most powerful part! It is simply the secretariat for the EU, what in the UK is called the Civil Service. It is involved with

The Commission is decidedly not the most powerful part! It is simply the secretariat for the EU, what in the UK is called the Civil Service. It is involved with policy formulation and implementation sure, but only at the behest of the other bodies. The most powerful part is the Council, where each member government is represented and is the mechanism by which member states pool their sovereignty. Nothing happens without the (often required to be unanimous) agreement of the Council. Recent case in point: an EU Commissioner stated that aid to Gaza would be cut in the aftermath of the Hamas attacks - this was quickly backtracked when a member state objected.