2026-05-08 12:29 UTC
@benroyce@mastodon.social @jtb@toot.wales @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu jtb is correct in that the Commission is unelected — we only directly elect the representatives in Parliament; and the members of the European Council and Council of the European Union, inasmuch as we have direct influence on our heads of state and ministers. (neither is to be confused with the Council of Europe; I wish the EU changed the name of both). We the citizens have practically zero control over the Commission.
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@benroyce@mastodon.social 2026-05-08 12:35
@phl@mastodon.social @jtb@toot.wales @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu right: they are appointed by people you elect so... 🤷 look, criticize all you want. demand better. but work for it, don't just screech online take it from this american: toxic idealist entitled demands don't achieve anything, and are often a right wing cosplay to redirect attention the kind of replies i see under the top account i always recognize as the sort of hypercritical perfectionism that led the usa to where it is today