Comment Re:It's not the first time (Score 1) 253
The Parliament, having a say in the matter, protests vehemently. What more can they do? This is a problem at the level of Member States, not EU institutions.
Comment Re:Blackout? (Score 1) 168
Picketing the EU Parliament won't work because most representatives don't show up anyway
Most actually means around 10% in this case: http://www.votewatch.eu/cx_epg_attendance.php Attendance rate in the EP is pretty high, sorry to ruin your stereotype.
Comment Re:This is why I voted against the constitution .. (Score 1) 514
Sorry, but have to hold you there. Having politicians nominated by other politicians you voted for does not make the commission in any way democratic, despite what their apologists claim. We all know that national elections are fought on the basis of whatever immediate national concerns are prevalent at that point - not about what commissioner is going to be chosen.
Well, on the other hand the Commission can be sacked by the Parliament at any time. So in this regard the situation is exactly the same as the one in most member states: the Commission needs the approval of the democratically elected Parliament to stand. (I fail to see how this is any less democratic than the situation in, say, Belgium where the unelected King appoints the Premier.)
By the way, my point was to say that the commissioners are politicians, not bureaucrats, as some people insist.
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