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If that were true, explain how Ursula von der Leyen, who never got elected into any EU positions became head of the European Commission

• DrillShopper 2y ago
  >> Commission is nominated like any other ministry from elected coalitions in particular countries. > If that were true, explain how Ursula von der Leyen, who never got elected into any EU positions became head of the European Commission Because each major European political party choose a candidate for Commission President before every European Parliament election. These are typically senior members of their party but there is no requirement that they nominate someone who currently holds a seat as an MEP. After the election is held the European Council (made up of heads of state of the member nations of the EU, all of the voting members are democratically elected) nominates the candidate of the party that secures the majority of seats (or one of the nominees from one on of the parties that are able to form a majority coalition). This candidate requires a majority vote of the newly elected European Parliament to be confirmed, and the Council must propose a new candidate if this first candidate does not secure the majority. So yes, it is currently the case that the President of the European Commission was never an MEP, but that is only half the story. She was selected by her party, nominated by a group of democratically elected EU heads of state who are responsible to voters of their respective countries, and confirmed by MEPs who are directly elected by the voters of each respective country that makes up the EU who are also responsible to their constituents. So that's how she got there and the process for getting there.