> Though sovereignty and final power flows from the Council. Eeehh... This is an open point of law, technically. Per Maastricht treaty, the European Parliament

> Though sovereignty and final power flows from the Council. Eeehh... This is an open point of law, technically. Per Maastricht treaty, the European Parliament has co-decision powers, and its consistent electoral system arguably makes it more directly representative of European people than national governments. Parliament "stared down" the Council on occasions. The Council/Commission/Parliament setup is really not the finished article, I expect things will change again before the end of the century.