Re:UK triggers the official Brexit process in a letter to EU
by rbehrends on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @03:47PM
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> the Commission is put in place by the Council
It is not. Even if you want to dispute the fact that the Commission President is de facto chosen by the voters and elected by the EP, the European Council has zero role in the selection of the remaining commissioners, who are nominated by the member states in consultation with the Commission President.
I'm not sure how you can live with the British system, though, if this is such a problem for you, as it is even worse in that regard.
Re:UK triggers the official Brexit process in a letter to EU
by Nursie on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @06:53PM
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Member states, indeed, Comissioners are generally put in place by the leaders of the member states, the Council. (I should stop arguing this point, the technicality is not really relevant, it's that they are several steps removed from any vote)
Where did I say I can live with the British system?
It reeks worse than the EU. I'll vote out of Westminster when I get the chance (which will never come for Hampshire, I'm not a fantasist)
This byzantine system, so thoroughly removed from the populace, is one of the reasons I'm not sad we're leaving.