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Re:European Commission fines Google €2.95B over abusive ad t... by sam_lowry_ on Friday September 05, 2025 @05:23PM (#45143785)
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.

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Re:European Commission fines Google €2.95B over abusive ad t... by layer8 on Friday September 05, 2025 @05:27PM (#45143827)
And 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.
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Re:European Commission fines Google €2.95B over abusive ad t... by ajb on Saturday September 06, 2025 @12:02AM (#45146500)
The 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)
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Re:European Commission fines Google €2.95B over abusive ad t... by sam_lowry_ on Friday September 12, 2025 @04:27AM (#45219982)
Appointed, Thanks for the correction.
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