[moffkalast]

It's a problem when the parliament can't propose the laws it has to vote on and the commission isn't elected and continues to be presided by the most corrupt person in the EU. She is blatantly EPP and just keeps proposing the shit they want.

For Americans, imagine if only Republicans ever got to propose legislation and only Democrats could vote on it. That's more or less it.

[tpm]

You are mostly right except vdl is very, very far from the most corrupt person. It can be much worse.

[petre]

At least the Commision can't conduct war for 100 days without Congress approval.

I thought Juncker was an idiot but VdL is corrupt to Hillary levels and worse than the disastruous Merker/Juncker duo in every way. I'd like to see her replaced with someone like Macron. That's the type of leadership that the EU needs right now.

[orwin]

I honestly like the system as long as its reach is limited and it's stay this way (i.e EU regulations set goals, and states do what they want to reach it). The money lobbyists throw is huge, for very, very little progress.

[toyg]

> She is blatantly EPP

Well, that's because she was nominated by European governments, which happen to be largely run by right-wing parties right now. There have been socialist personalities in her place in the past. That has nothing to do with democracy.