Comment by somewhereoutth
2 days ago
The highest body of the EU is the Council. Nothing happens without the approval of the Council. In comparison, the Commission is merely the civil service or secretariat, answering to the Council.
Each member state has a seat at the Council, and for almost all issues a veto. Each member state is democratic, therefore the EU itself is entirely democratic. That doesn't of course mean the right decisions are always made!
> and for almost all issues a veto
Notably ChatControl is not one of them.
Except the Commission and Von Der Leyen keep pushing to assert themselves as an executive branch.