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Commission Debate 12: Europe’s disreputable system for “fixing” its President

Posted by David on 20/07/09

Is the EU a democracy? It is a damning commentary on the democratic ethics of the 27 governments of the EU that they choose the President of the European Commission in secret, without any recourse to democracy. The press is shut out. Rumours fly around. Candidates for the Commission sometimes mysteriously appear. Yet no advertisement [...]

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