[Pierre]

Originally Posted by BenMcr

Not under a direct vote, but we voted for the people and parties who did both at a national level an a EU one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Council

I know how it works and it's bollocks. I didn't vote for von der Leyen or any commissioners. Just because that's what the system is doesn't make it right.

She, nor any Commissioner, is directly elected nor directly responsible to the electorate. Yet they make the rules.

Democracy 101:

You elect leaders, they are not appointed.

Executive Power is derived from the consent of the governed. We never gave our consent. We were not given the opportunity to vote on the Maasricht or Lisbon treaties.

The Brexit referendum was the UK's first and only opportunity to vote on the EU being a political entity. The first time we were asked to give our consent, we refused to.

That is proper democracy at work.