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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Yes, and MEPs can't actually put forward proposed legislation that their constituents want. Their power is only to 'suggest' amendments or vote on legislation proposed by the unelected EU bureaucracy. This organisation has been set up to avoid democracy but only to appear democratic!
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Citizens themselves can suggest legislation however.
The parliament and council can and do amend and reject laws coming from the commission much like parliament does in the UK with bills from the government. Of course one big difference is that the legislative bodies of the EU (Parliament and Council) are elected either directly or indirectly* by the respective populations of member states unlike the House of Lords in the UK.
* by indirectly, I mean the Prime Minister who is voted for by the respective party and appointed by the Queen in the UK for example.