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You are even less accurate. The Council is not an independent body. It represents the member states directly. The Commission is elected by member states and th
by sam_lowry_ 1y ago
You are even less accurate. The Council is not an independent body. It represents the member states directly.
The Commission is elected by member states and thus represents them indirectly.
- layer8 1y agoAnd all of them represent the EU citizens who elected both the Parliament and the Member States governments. I’m not sure what point you’re trying to make. The point I tried to make is that the Parliament has significant input to the legislation in the process, it’s not just a binary yes or no.
- ajb 1y agoThe commission is not elected, it is appointed by the member states (I think it should be elected, but I'm in the UK so wouldn't have a vote anyway)
- sam_lowry_ 1y agoAppointed, Thanks for the correction.