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Originally Posted by Pierre
You have a very strange idea of democracy, not elected by the people! Being elected by the establishment doesn’t cut it i’m afraid.
The commission are the law makers, the parliament gets to debate it.
Our own unelected chamber is at least only there for oversight! They cannot make or propose any laws. The EU model is not compatible with proper Democracy
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The Parliament gets to debate, amend and veto it along with the council. The commission cannot pass laws except under very specific circumstances (Technical laws) The Ordinary Legislative Procedure has the full scrutiny of direct or indirectly elected representatives. In addition, the council and parliament can suggest laws to the commission.
But we have has this discussion many times and it seems that because the way the EU does things is different, it is wrong even though our government along with all the others at the time approved it in the Maastricht Treaty and beyond.