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Re:Apple announces sweeping App Store changes in the EU by saubeidl on Thursday June 26, 2025 @05:54PM (#44391867)
The European commission is nominated by our elected governments.

It is as democratic as the US presidency, which is also nominated by electors.

This is a tired talking point designed to sow doubt in the European project.

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Re:Apple announces sweeping App Store changes in the EU by mslansn on Thursday June 26, 2025 @05:56PM (#44391885)
Adding layers of indirection makes it less democratic. We should be able to vote for them directly.
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Re:Apple announces sweeping App Store changes in the EU by saubeidl on Thursday June 26, 2025 @06:04PM (#44391936)
Sure it does.

But one layer of indirection is not crazy, that's the way any minister in any country works - or the way the US presidency does.

You can't directly elect every single official - it just doesn't scale. It also doesn't really make sense in the commissioner case as different commissioners have different portfolios and which country gets what is subject to negotiation between member states.

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