Comment by 7bit

9 hours ago

The irony here is striking — an article complaining about fake news ends up spreading it itself, by claiming that von der Leyen is unelected even though she was elected by the European Parliament.

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StopDisinfo910  8 hours ago

Technically true even if the reality is more than the head of the commission is merely confirmed by the parliament after being proposed which is to say appointed by the council.

Supposedly, the council should put forward the candidate of the main party in the parliament but this has already been breached once.

But the system is likely to change soon because Von Der Leyen keeps playing with fire with the prerogatives of the position and annoying the council so much that I believe a change is unavoidable.

sam_lowry_  9 hours ago

Ok, elected if you stretch the meaning of the word "elect" way beyond layman's common sense.

War is peace.

  • dragonwriter  8 hours ago

    If election by vote of members of body itself elected by citizens isn't election, we need to start referring to the US President as an unelected leader.

    Also, prime ministers in most parliamentary systems.

    • cardiffspaceman  6 hours ago

      Some Americans do think that the Electoral College is not that democratic.

      I live in one of the states that belongs to the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.

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    • sam_lowry_  8 hours ago

      Member states control who will be presented to the EP.

      As you may know European Parliament is not really a Parliament either, as it can neither enact laws nor appoint EU executives, it just approves or rejects Council proposals.