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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1441679, member: 39&quot;]This idea that the EU should be structured just like the US sounds very ... American. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Just as you are &quot;governed&quot; by people who are not necessarily from your home town or state, parts of our governments are not &quot;from here&quot;. I don&#039;t have a single problem with that - it would get problematic if, say, Neelie Kroes acted primarily as a Dutch and not as a European Commissioner for Competition. But that also applies to the level below: A federal German minister who is from, say, Bavaria would do a bad job if s/he merely had the well-being of Bavaria in mind.</p><p><br /></p><p>Guess I already mentioned that we do elect the European Parliament. Now you may say that it does not have enough power. True. On the other hand, with pretty much every modification of the Treaties it has got a little more power. The most powerful body in the EU is the Council which consists of representatives of democratically elected member state governments. The Commission has a lot of influence, but then in many countries the &quot;ministerial bureaucracy&quot; basically develops new bills that the parliament then decides about ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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