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elriclast Monday at 8:16 AM2 repliesview on HN

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.


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munksbeerlast Monday at 10:51 AM

Then you have understood even less. The commission act on instructions from the council. The steer for this has come from the member states, not the commission.

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andrepdlast Monday at 10:29 AM

It's a very sad state of affairs that when Trump and von der Leyen meet to represent two of the most powerful entities on Earth, one has been democratically legitimised less than a year ago, and the other has never ran in an election in her life.