alt Hacker News> but the EC does not represent the people, that's the job of MEP
The European Council is the heads of each member state. They are literally the people elected by each nation state domestically. If they don't represent the people, then that means national democracy is broken (which I agree with in cases like the UK) but I'm making a more general point.
I wasn't talking about the council, but the commission. The acronym confusion is unfortunate.
Point is that these people are very far removed from elections and political consequences. They also seem to be the types who have no idea what "normal" people are like.