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by danaris 206 days ago
Ah, my apologies—so how does the Commission get selected? Presumably there's still some way to influence it, even if it's indirect.
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No problem... it's not straightforward at all.

Each member state nominates a Commissioner candidate, in consultation with the incoming Commission President. Each Commission candidate is interviewed by a Parliamentary committee, and (rarely) they might be rejected. I suppose you could pressure your MEP if they happen to be on the committee...

The MEPs as a group have to approve the whole Commission as a final stage and could reject them... but this has never happened. The closest thing to this would be the Commission of '99 that collectively resigned over corruption.