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Anonymous
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The President of the European Commission is elected by the governments of the Member States, which in turn gained power in democratic elections.
Secondly, the appointment and the composition of the Commission must get the Parliament's approval. And yes, the Parliament does not have to give its assent as it was the case the first time the Barroso Commission was being voted in.
Besides, the Commission is not the EU chief executive, because it shares this function with the Council. The Commission only proposes laws but everything has to be approved by the Council.
Think of the Commission as the officials. They are not politicians. The people in the Council are. The people in the Commission are officials and you do not elect officials in any country. Not even in Britain.
The President of the European Commission is therefore NOT an "EU Prime Minister". This can be be said about the Foreign Minister of the country that is currently holding the Presidency. Currently it is France, but soon it will be the Czech Republic. And so it rotates.
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