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No, the European Commission is not democratically elected and I have no reason to think they’ll pay any attention to the concerns of the public.

nickslaughter02 1y ago
I fully agree and that's why I said MEPs and not commissioners. I have never received any response from a commissioner. I have received a response from a MEP. What else can we do? Public awareness (please post this on your social media and sites) and writing to representatives is all we can do.
mano78 1y ago
Yep, sure. MEPs are in european parliament, anyway.
fundatus 1y ago
The European Commission is elected by the parliament, as are most democratic governments on this earth. There is very few (if any?) governments out there that are directly elected. At most the head of the government is elected directly.
- harvey9 1y ago
  Commissioners are appointed by member states but need not have been subject to a public vote. The president of the commission is voted upon by the European parliament.
  - spwa4 1y ago
    > The president of the commission is voted upon by the European parliament I know that this is the wording the EU itself chooses to put there, but no. They are not "voted upon". Parliament cannot choose a EU commission president. The council (the heads of state of the member states) put forth a candidate and if the parliament says no, the council has to select a president (this time ... without the parliament needing to confirm them) Like anything else in the EU, the executive is in full control of 1) itself 2) law in the EU (the commission is the ONLY EU institution that can make laws, and yes, the essential part of that is that the parliament IS NOT in charge of EU law. It can neither force a law through nor can the EU parliament prevent the commission from enacting a law)
regularjack 1y ago
The commission is elected indirectly, as I'm sure you're aware.

nickslaughter02 1y ago

I fully agree and that's why I said MEPs and not commissioners. I have never received any response from a commissioner. I have received a response from a MEP. What else can we do? Public awareness (please post this on your social media and sites) and writing to representatives is all we can do.

mano78 1y ago

Yep, sure. MEPs are in european parliament, anyway.

fundatus 1y ago

The European Commission is elected by the parliament, as are most democratic governments on this earth. There is very few (if any?) governments out there that are directly elected. At most the head of the government is elected directly.

harvey9 1y ago
Commissioners are appointed by member states but need not have been subject to a public vote. The president of the commission is voted upon by the European parliament.
- spwa4 1y ago
  > The president of the commission is voted upon by the European parliament I know that this is the wording the EU itself chooses to put there, but no. They are not "voted upon". Parliament cannot choose a EU commission president. The council (the heads of state of the member states) put forth a candidate and if the parliament says no, the council has to select a president (this time ... without the parliament needing to confirm them) Like anything else in the EU, the executive is in full control of 1) itself 2) law in the EU (the commission is the ONLY EU institution that can make laws, and yes, the essential part of that is that the parliament IS NOT in charge of EU law. It can neither force a law through nor can the EU parliament prevent the commission from enacting a law)

regularjack 1y ago

The commission is elected indirectly, as I'm sure you're aware.