Re:'ProtectEU' security strategy: a step further towards a d...
by fundatus on Thursday May 01, 2025 @02:20PM
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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.
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Re:'ProtectEU' security strategy: a step further towards a d...
by harvey9 on Thursday May 01, 2025 @02:39PM
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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.
Re:'ProtectEU' security strategy: a step further towards a d...
by spwa4 on Thursday May 01, 2025 @03:51PM
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> 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)