Article 13 Is Back On: Worse, Not Better

Re:Article 13 Is Back On: Worse, Not Better by makomk on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @07:15AM (#19084599)

I'm not sure that understanding how the EU Commission and Parliament relate to each other will help convince people the EU is democractic. In particular, the president of the European Commission is currently chosen by some really weird ostensibly-democratic insider political trading: https://www.politico.eu/article/spitzenkandidat-jean-claude-...

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Re:Article 13 Is Back On: Worse, Not Better by jnurmine on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @07:29AM (#19084673)

Well, again, the directly voted European Parliament 1. elects the President of the Commission, 2. acks/nacks the contents of the Commission and 3. can force the Commission to resign.

I mean, it's not like a wink, wink, handshake and some random person gets installed just like that as the President of the European Commission.

The Parliament really has to approve the person, whoever it is and however the person is found.

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Re:Article 13 Is Back On: Worse, Not Better by cs02rm0 on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @08:21AM (#19085009)

That's fair, but it still strikes me as a democratically weaker system for it.

Has the Parliament ever exercised their veto against a president?

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Re:Article 13 Is Back On: Worse, Not Better by jnurmine on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @10:24AM (#19086084)

No. The closest was in 1999, when the Commission lead by Jacques Santer dropped out voluntarily before the Parliament forced them to go.

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