Update: The six EU leaders negotiating the bloc's top jobs have again agreed to put forward Von der Leyen for another term as Commission President, however they’ve now got to convince the rest of the Council (made up of the leaders of all EU member states) to agree to the nomination at a meeting on Thursday. This is basically what happened a week or so ago, but the Council failed to agree, so we'll have to wait and see what happens this time round.
Meloni is right to have objected first time and should do so again. This is an insult to voters who delivered a blow to the S&D and Renew blocks and Messrs Scholz and Macron
In Germany she was so unpopular as a Defense Minister, that they sent her to do EU politics. Those parties really need to reflect a bit more before pushing some candidates, this "It's my turn next" mentality they tend to have really isn't doing them any favour if you consider how unpopular some of those people were when they hold less important offices.
As an ecologist im flabergasted that the Green coalition dare put the politic stability in danger to prevent nuclear when its à very good energy source to reduce carbone emission quicly. And other ecologist I talk to seem to agree so I Wonder if they still represent well the people voting for them
correct - it is a simple fact - the Greens were never for ecology. Its all subsidy business for them. They either never cared or never understood the ecological outcomes of their policies.
Greens aren't actually pro environment. Haven't you figured this out yet? Their main goals are warmongering, depriving citizens of basic needs, and infinity migrants
TBH most of the people currently alive would be better than Ursula von der ähm "i "accidentaly" deleted the data of my smartphone... at least twice" Leyen
I think the outcome of the EU Parliament elections should be respected, the EPP (Centre-Right) won the most MEPs and she is their candidate for Commission President. She should be allowed to try to win a majority vote in Parliament. If she can't then the next largest party S&D (Centre-Left) and their candidate should get a chance. Then if they can't then a compromising candidate is put forward by the EU Council. This is what happens in national parliaments and the prime minister.
Ms von der Leyen is not eligible for consideration on the grounds that she repeatedly exceeded her actual authority in many matters prior to the Ukraine conflict. Examples are attempted leverage in sovereign UK matters, threats to sovereign internal legislation in Poland, several occasions of straight bullying of Hungary, her protests in "sofagate" in Turkey when seating had actually been arranged by Mr Michel's office as President of the Council. Her perceived authority (in her own mind and what she is allowed to get away with) compared with the clearly stated functions and limitations of the position of the president of the EU Commission reveal a general gap. Re Ukraine, von der Leyen went way beyond the terms of her office to the extent of offering 'fast tracking' of the EU membership process. This was an act of dishonesty to the Ukrainian people because admission rules are clear and immutable. They are also properly democratic. The EU is supposed to only admit democracies yet she constantly in talks with Kiev officials outwith the operation of even the most elastic definition of democracy. She did this to cover the fact that she had been dishonest to the people of Ukraine. Her innate dishonesty has shown many times in a career of frankly dismal achievements (such as being ignored by chiefs of staff when she was Germany's minister of defense) and she never fully admitted to the plagiarism charges of her post-graduate period. The relevant university has not withdrawn its findings and the offense is not altered by the passage of time. Her ubiquity among the elites operating in geopolitics must have a price tag. In considering her as a valid candidate (even her validity in her party bloc) there needs to be a full audit of expenditure to compare with former holders of the post. Further, many of her appearances and speeches have been of a "sovereign entity" nature. No department of the EU has sovereign status and it is expressly forbidden by the Treaties of Rome. In choosing a president of the EU Commission, elected MEPs and the public at large, must be clear about what the job entails in reality and the mechanisms whereby the incumbent may not issue Directives without a full and open vote in the European Parliament. To announce a proposal prior to ensuring backing is frequently an empty (and often immoderate) threat. There is no place for this in the EU. Of candidates presenting at this writing, Mt Draghi appears to have the cleanest and calmest record. He is a stickler for rules and protocol and has both the verified academic credentials for the post as well as appropriate levels achievements in his country. As a Mediterranean person of experience and requisite achievements he stands out given that the post is for 5 years duration and any thoughts of "another term" are not relevant to this matter as some other posts are.
@@ph33316 Look at her records A real democratic Leader doesn’t force his will on other. Merkel was her tutor. Start with immigration over COVID Deals, etc
Let´s hope it is the end for her. She needs to answer for multiple scandals, Pfizergate, and the court case lying about in Liege, Belgium for the misuse of money back when she was the German defense minister.
„Surprise candidate“ describes her really to the letter. Because she was thrown to the EU delegation as a form of retirement after failing at all the positions in Germany.
@wile123456 Biden litteraly broke opec, let the country to growth while most had none or not comparable and managed what no us president ever did making a real diplomatic alliance against china with most of asia by becoming their closest military partners and closer to them then china. And thats just to status quo... So yeah what did u smoke? Seriously?
@@PKM1010 she passed a anti-wolf law when her pony died. she's highly corrupt, and many europeans see her as the embodiment of the EU's worst values, especially when she started the warmonger speeches about russia. literally anyone else would be better for the job.
For what it's worth, Draghi has shown that he was willing to admit that he fucked up in some aspects when he was in charge of the ECB. Personally, I respect that from a politician cos anyone else would have tried to spin it to blame something else regardless of how obviously his fault it is.
Mario Draghi is a technocrat, which is exactly what we need now with such a extreme divide in idealogies. We don't need someone to lead and come up with solutions based on idealogy right now, we just need solutions that will work long term. And that's what you need a technocrat for.
@@Kalimdor199Menegroth Admitting guilt and admitting you made a mistake are two very different things. Admitting guild is when you were involved in something you knew you shouldn't be doing, and admitting a mistake is when you review your perspective in light of new information and work to correct it rather than double down on your mistakes to try and save face. No human is infallible and in the lying-contest that is politics, anyone willing to be that transparent and open to the idea that he's not infallible is worthy of consideration.
Yes!!! Absolutely!! No constituency appointed appointee's Ursula Von der Leyen and Josep Borrell are basically NGOs! Their Whitehouse mission? To turn Europe into a world pain in the arse money laundering fascist neo-Nazi war machine.
@@wolfgang3059 The WEF has EU sponsors, CPAC in Hungary has only US sponsors. That's where a Meloni does speeches and even was a guest of honor at CPAC in the US. Orban too by the way. All the far right in the EU did speeches at CPAC and use republican talking points from CPAC. The EPP biggest push in the election was a EU army and a bigger EU weapons industry. Less US!!!! So you got your puppets twisted.
@@Joey-ct8bm To me it is good enough to get the Eco Socialists out of power. Only Caos and poverty wherever the reign. And the EU is on that path. That’s why I would see the clock turned back to a EEC. Not to an All Poor Union except the political class.
@kaiserfranzjoseph9311 It's not a full blown army, just a first reaction force. The problem now is we have 20 different tanks that can't communicate with each other. We need a centralized army that can operate 1 tank and build around that. Not even some artillery rounds are the same, it's a mess. If we go to war we can make 1 tank with 1 type of ammo and everybody can operate it. The US made 238 billion dollars selling weapons to foreign nation in 2023 and gave 44 billion to Ukraine that year. The last aid package was a 60 billion dollar LOAN. The US is not giving aid, they are making profit. My country the Netherlands gave all the F16s away and bought F35s. We need our own weapons industry by all means possible and NATO should be ruled by Europe, not the US. The US is number 60 on the freedom index and 8 out of 10 top spots are EU nations with Finland as number 1. Give it to Finland. There's now CPAC in Europe too btw, so the US needs to get off my continent with their anti abortion agenda and AIPAC. CPAC here tries to get rid of European rights. They want to abolish the ECHR. European working rights are in there. Paid vacation leave, sick day, parental leave are in there. They need to go. Democrats too. Waving Ukraine flags while making profits.
The EU's economic growth funk started in late 2018. Von Der Leyen came to power in 2019. In other words, she's overseen almost all of the EU's economic growth funk. I'm not saying she caused it, clearly that isn't the case. But she also is pretty clearly not the solution.
Ursula's Green policy and obsession with ideology push entire EU to corners. Farmer protests, deindustrialization, cut off from cheap russian energy...
We were actually relieved to have thrown her out of the administration in Germany because she failed horribly in all positions. EU is a designated place for „retirement“ of failed politicians because in most cases they don’t matter. However … somebody thought to be funny to elect her to a leading position without any competence whatsoever.
How the hell would you vote for the Comission? Everyone would vote their own, and the country with the largest population would always win. The system is fine as it is. We voted for the MP's, and we elected the Council members, so is petfectly legitimate for them to decide.
@@soundscape26 You're missing the key difference, which is that we vote for MPs who can actually table legislation in Parliament (it's called legislative initiative). And the leader of the party that has won the most seats becomes PM. In the EU, it's a 'rubber stamp parliament', where elected MEPs cannot initiate their own legislation; they are reduced to a status more like the House of Lords, confirming or vetoing what has already been agreed on. So the EU system is undemocratic as it is inverted, with the elected chamber rubber stamping what the unelected appointees decide, whereas in the democratic UK Parliament, the elected chamber (the Commons) initiates legislation, while the appointed chamber (the Lords) can only confirm or veto, but cannot ultimately block legislation proposed and formulated by the people's elected representatives. Hope that helps.
@@karelkieslich6772 People could support the party's ideology and still find Ursula incompetent. If you support a broad group, it doesn't mean you like every member of it.
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"unpopular, but still the frontrunner because there are no obvious alternatives" european gerontocracy in one sentence xD cheers for the vid guys tho, insightful as always
Currently: 27.06.2024, Thursday, discussing the nominations of 3 persons, one of which is that of Ursula von der Leyen. Normal and decent people perceive this as meanness and betrayal.
@roro4787The German “greens” have a far larger share of the blame (by being fanatically anti-nuclear and previously anti-defense) and so do the Social Democrats (Schröder, Gasprom).
@@The_Stef She is corrupt! Had deals with Pfizer (and family members), paid millions for advisors (also family members) while Minister for Defense in Germany etc.
The EU should disappear out of our lives as well. They are the problem. Whoever is elected will still prolong the corrupt, undemocratic EU policies. While the EU still survives, individual countries lose their sovereignty and independence and freedoms.
@@ParDiss-e4i So would anyone with ties to USA. I can't wait for Ursula to no longer be president so that she has to answer for her shady contracts with Pfizer.
Somebody who doesn't do everything to maintain/gain power won't become commissioner. Especially considering that it's not a direct vote, so candidates can't just make promises to the people and expect to get votes, they need political ties for MEPs to support them. As unfortunate as this is.
thing is Draghi is very disliked among Meloni's voters because he "forced the vaccine and lockdowns" on us. Even if in 2021-22 Italy was having a way above average growth. I would agree he would be perfect if not a tad too old (but he seems still very chipper)
With Meloni being the one to unseat Draghi from his position as Prime Minister I find it more likely that Draghi would refuse any cooperation with Meloni
Mario Draghi will be a great president from the perspective of Italy, France and Greece with his fanatic EU-debts ideology but it will be very bad for the Euro and EU.
@@FTN_Ale Someone (the 5 star movement) decided to stop supporting the government by abstaining during a vote for a economic aid package that Draghi said he would resign because of if it failed to pass through parliament. So Draghi resigned as prime minister and called for new elections most likely expecting increased support for all governing parties except the 5 star movement and being able to continue governing without them. This is where Meloni comes in as she became the largest party with a shockingly high result and forming a government without Draghi. Therefore I wouldn't be surprised if Draghi is unwilling to work with Meloni.
I dont think so, if you look what she did to German Bundeswehr, you would know THATS not what USA would want (an ally who is actively trying to demilitarize)
@@soundscape26 Like keep sending billons of EU tax-payers money to fund an American created war, while sprouting false narratives and propaganda to the EU parliment, she is the main source of dis-information in the parliment and you ask like what? Do you even have a clue of what is going on? like what?
@@soundscape26 The Pfizer contracts. The involvement in the war in Ukraine (which was caused by a series of events which only went downhill since the 2014 coup which the West supported) by sanctioning Russia in an economically suicidal way. Lets be honest, EU has been acting like a vasal of USA.
What is this claim? I have observed that Von Der Leyen usually does whatever her hippie S&D partners want her to do, ie institute random “ecological” laws. Also, is supporting Ukraine bad for the EU? I’m not a Von der Leyen fan, but we gotta look at this in an objective manner
I don't even know why Von der Leyen is still being considered. She has done so many controversial things that it's amazing that she was even chosen the first time.
@@ninastevanovic6808 I know. So does our former Dutch prime minister Rutte who is demissionary but is still taking such decisions. Those are however the ways of the world. Being a crook simply pays.
That I will hear an Italian president say, that they have the most stable goverment right now and be true with that, is not something i would have expected in my life time.
Only 50% of the population voted and her coalition (made of 3 parties) got only 40% of that 50%, so 20% of the entire Italian population. I wouldn’t call it stable
If there is a majority possible to be formed because certain blocks (where citizens voted for, indirectly due to national parties) without your own fraction, then that is a signal from the citizens as well, Crazy that I have to explain democracy to a head of state.
Very good commentator. Easy to understand and good vocalization. As for the analysis, it would seem that von der Leyen doesn't have too many fans in the comment section. We shall see what happens but I wouldn't underestimate her ability to see her way through the obstacles. You may not like her but she is a crafty politician.
Down with corruption, down with Ursula! thats what we all EU citizens want and they better hear us if they dont want more crazy parties in EU to be voted
I wouldn't talk for everyone if I was you. I for one i like her. I like that she was more visible than former heads of the Comission (i highly doubt most even remember who the previous one was) and I definetly prefer someone more conservative on migration, than what the centrist would prefer.
@@davidgreen5994 I don't understand the hate on Ursula,Macron and Scholz are to blame that the compromise are hard because they want to appear tough on "extreme right" to regain votes.
There is now the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, the European counterpart to the US Secretary of State. Otherwise, the Commission President or if desired the Council President will do just fine.
In my opinion the obvious alternative to Mrs layen is Mario Draghi. He is the European leader with the largest political capital in the economy, finance, and in most European capitals, particularly Rome and Paris, which are most relevant to address Meloni case. The question is if hlmr Dragi accepts. He certainly have better things in life to do, and we respect that.
Τhey did agree "Germany's Ursula von der Leyen, Portugal's Antonio Costa and Estonia's Kaya Kalas will occupy the three senior positions of European Commission, European Council and EU High Representative to the European Union." from today's (25-6-2024) news.
Von der Leyen as president and Kallas as top diplomat. Who could question such a line up? Maybe some politicians who don't want Europe turned into a mass graveyard!
@@eksiarvamusRussia biggest threat? This war is total bs and a lazy excuse to start a ww3 whilest the elites invest in weapons and watch this continent burn.
@@eksiarvamus Ah, you really believe this, the west is standing strong against Russia's "unprovoked" aggression, bs? That is just wrong. I doubt any of our ruling classes believe that, it is just propaganda for the trusting. Top level, this is about maintaining US unipolar geopolitical dominance, access to geostrategically-important areas and access to rich natural resources. There's been plans in the neocon/neolib circles in Washington to Balkanise Russia for decades. They use any grass roots movements to meet their goals, to dominate, control, exploit and will even use humanitarian interventionism as a pretext for these actions. Psychopatic traits and behaviours all round.
@@soundscape26 Go back to the principles of the original European Economic Community, forget what has now become the circus of the "European Political Community".
Mario Draghi will be a great president from the perspective of Italy, France and Greece with his fanatic EU-debts ideology but it will be very bad for the Euro and EU....
@@LordDoof My critique was directed towards the Liberals in the comment section who want Draghi as president despite the fact that the group which supports him lost seats.
@@tepesobrejac4360 Liberals and SDs lose seats ---> form a trash coalition so they can keep doing the same things making people mad ---> Liberals and SDs lose seats
It's not a mess. When you have a wedding or birthday to organise and you're discussing which one to pick, do you all immediately agree on everything, no? It's literally part of the normal process to agree, disagree, change minds, and then settle on a decision.
The system is actually very simple, but local polititians don't want peoples to be informed, because the ambiguity helps them to pass EU and Bruxelles as rhe scape goat for all their failures and incompetente.
@@davidgreen5994 "Very simple" and "EU politics" are definitely opposites. National politics can already be confusing, and having 27 countries in one organisation does not simplify it.
@@Ruzzky_Bly4t It is very simple. I actually went to college and studied Political Science, we studied EU institutions and structure for a semester, and I was shocked how well designed and simple actually it was. Is nothing complicated, as is designed after how the system in Europe is, plus a couple a modifications, to fit a confederation of +20 countries. You have 3 main institutions: The Commission which is the de facto Government, the European Parliament, and the European Council made of the heads of states that act like a sort of hybrid between a Senate and the office of the President. 2 of them, the Parliament and Council members are selected trough national elections, the Commission President is nominalized trough negotiations in the Council and Parliament, and selected trough vote in the Parliament. Then the President of the Commission selects 1 member for the Commission from each country, then the Parliament interviews each - approves or rejects them, and then the whole Commission is approved or rejected trough a final vote. Is not all that complicated. Is made to look complicated, because is in the interests of some actors for it to seem that way.
"Not well known or respected enough to lead the EU" wtf?? I'm not an EPP supporter but Weber should've become president, at this point they're breaking their own rules
In the private sector, the lady wouldn't last a week. It is tragic or ridiculous what kind of figures hold important posts in the EU! The EU will not save Europe, it will destroy it.
It baffles me that such an unimpressive prime minister here in Portugal is considered as a possible candidate, but then again i can imagine there's many shady interests behind close doors and in my view he would be a pushover to those really in power and maybe that's what they want.
@@cobracommander8133 There weren't any corruption charges on him, the Public Ministry made a mistake when revealed who was being investigated (which was António Costa Silva - Economy Minister not António Costa - Prime Minister) but by the time that was revealed Costa had already resigned because in his point of view a PM couldn't govern while being under investigation. That is not to say he's a good candidate for council president, just that his career isn't over
It's not conspiracy or "shady interests". It's just the typical struggle of power between the EU and the national governments. The EU Council, who are the heads of state of each member, don't want to propose someone who would be too influential or well known. They want predictable, run of the mill politicians that won't overshadow them. A boring unimpressive prime minister is exactly what they want, he got no chance to overshadow the national heads of state.
Meloni is right. As an EPP supporter, we cant keep ignoring the rising tide. Look at sweden or finland as examples of what happens when we get rid of the cordon sanitare: the far right loses support AND moderates. Its time we achieve that EU wide.
Don't forget at just addressing the (perceived) problems. Of the 10 European countries with the highest gdp/capita (11, if you include luxembourg), the only countries with a stable(2+ consecutive cabinets) PES(socialist) influence(plurality in the cabinet) in government are Denmark(SD keeps to its strict immigration laws) and Spain(high unemployment rates). Most other PES member despise critics on immigration as something far right, aka not addressing the problem of these people. Two other European countries with high GDP/capita have a consistent social democracy influence in their governments. Those are Swiss and Norway, both countries have low immigration/strict immigration policies.
Volt though joining the greens has been promised quite a free hand including on nuclear. I imagine that's not the only part it gets a free hand on so I think a compromise with the greens might be possible, sacrifices have to be made but less then with the ecp.
Change has to come. We need people who adress the migrant crisis. Germany is now spending about 1/7 of it´s complete yearly budget on providing for Migrants while bridges fall apart and people have to work longer for less retirement money. We need to look after ourself first.
@@eoinoconnell185That’s how most representative democracies work. The Brits don’t choose their Prime Minister directly either for example, neither do the Dutch
@eoinoconnell185 the Commission President, is selected just like a Prime Minister. The largest party and their lead candidate gets the first chance to win a parliamentary vote.
@@eoinoconnell185 Except the citizens elect the council consisting of the heads of states and the parliament. And both of those decide the president which only proposes legislation. Vote by proxy for the uneducated. Unlike a certain house of lords...
I think it is a good development. People are going to get even more frustrated with the establishment now and the right wing is going to grow even further. Let’s see if Italy makes school also in France, after Argentina and the Netherlands.
Update: The six EU leaders negotiating the bloc's top jobs have again agreed to put forward Von der Leyen for another term as Commission President, however they’ve now got to convince the rest of the Council (made up of the leaders of all EU member states) to agree to the nomination at a meeting on Thursday. This is basically what happened a week or so ago, but the Council failed to agree, so we'll have to wait and see what happens this time round.
I was just about to add this. 💯
They have agreed, it's decided.
Meloni is right to have objected first time and should do so again. This is an insult to voters who delivered a blow to the S&D and Renew blocks and Messrs Scholz and Macron
God damn it.
A Lady who dictate what car people can drive, EV Audi or another EV, all but no Diesel or Gas powered, is not worthy to be EU President. A disgrace
If the EU elects Mario and he serves a full term they will finally unlock playing the president as Luigi
Yeah but if he fails they'll be forced to play as Wario :o
Also Zelensky and Wario are a secret unlockable
😂😂😂 sums it up nicely
Every princess in Europe would be terrified of kidnapping
Amurrican elections is between Toad and a Coopa
In Germany she was so unpopular as a Defense Minister, that they sent her to do EU politics. Those parties really need to reflect a bit more before pushing some candidates, this "It's my turn next" mentality they tend to have really isn't doing them any favour if you consider how unpopular some of those people were when they hold less important offices.
If she was Germany Defence Military. Germany will be joining Ukraine.😊😊😊
Not again Von der Leyen. Please throw her out.
Plz not her aigen
There is a word that has five letters and starts with a capital B ..........She's one.......
@@pholdway5801 yes she is
How many times do we need to throw her out… I mean come on, we managed to do that in Germany.
La guerrafondaia non la vogliamo..
As an ecologist im flabergasted that the Green coalition dare put the politic stability in danger to prevent nuclear when its à very good energy source to reduce carbone emission quicly. And other ecologist I talk to seem to agree so I Wonder if they still represent well the people voting for them
The greens stated that nuclear would solve the problem and stop a revolution from happening and that's why they don't like it.
correct - it is a simple fact - the Greens were never for ecology. Its all subsidy business for them. They either never cared or never understood the ecological outcomes of their policies.
As an E. Coli I agree with you
Greens aren't actually pro environment. Haven't you figured this out yet? Their main goals are warmongering, depriving citizens of basic needs, and infinity migrants
That’s why France is doing better than Germany when it comes to energy
Draghi would definitely be a bit more wise than Ursula
draghi is exactly the same BS as Ursula
My dog would be better than Von der Leyen, she screwed up the German armed forces and was shoe-horned in by Merkel.
@@danijelbratina2772draghi wouldn't speak on behalf of the 27 without consultation.
for Italy sure but not for euro and europe...
@@danijelbratina2772 EXACTLY. They are two faces of the very same 💩coin.
Draghi would be way way better than Ursula
TBH most of the people currently alive would be better than Ursula von der ähm "i "accidentaly" deleted the data of my smartphone... at least twice" Leyen
@@sockosophie3132 XD
@@sockosophie3132 Ursula von der Lying always acts like Ursula from the little mermaid
@@sockosophie3132 accidentally deleted the evidence with a military-grade eraser app
I think the outcome of the EU Parliament elections should be respected, the EPP (Centre-Right) won the most MEPs and she is their candidate for Commission President. She should be allowed to try to win a majority vote in Parliament. If she can't then the next largest party S&D (Centre-Left) and their candidate should get a chance. Then if they can't then a compromising candidate is put forward by the EU Council. This is what happens in national parliaments and the prime minister.
GET RID OF VON DER LEYEN. Thank you.
Oh,yes,get rid of her and put her at the ICC
Fr tho fuck von der leyen, thats the only thing i agree with farage on
You have no idea how much worse Antonio Costa is. You'll be crying to have Ursula back if they put him on
@SouthPeter98 no one wants costa either
I thnk plenkovic would be best
Ursula has been a disaster, let’s hope she doesn’t get that job back
I would vote her ten time over she did a good job!
Ms von der Leyen is not eligible for consideration on the grounds that she repeatedly exceeded her actual authority in many matters prior to the Ukraine conflict. Examples are attempted leverage in sovereign UK matters, threats to sovereign internal legislation in Poland, several occasions of straight bullying of Hungary, her protests in "sofagate" in Turkey when seating had actually been arranged by Mr Michel's office as President of the Council.
Her perceived authority (in her own mind and what she is allowed to get away with) compared with the clearly stated functions and limitations of the position of the president of the EU Commission reveal a general gap.
Re Ukraine, von der Leyen went way beyond the terms of her office to the extent of offering 'fast tracking' of the EU membership process. This was an act of dishonesty to the Ukrainian people because admission rules are clear and immutable. They are also properly democratic. The EU is supposed to only admit democracies yet she constantly in talks with Kiev officials outwith the operation of even the most elastic definition of democracy. She did this to cover the fact that she had been dishonest to the people of Ukraine.
Her innate dishonesty has shown many times in a career of frankly dismal achievements (such as being ignored by chiefs of staff when she was Germany's minister of defense) and she never fully admitted to the plagiarism charges of her post-graduate period. The relevant university has not withdrawn its findings and the offense is not altered by the passage of time.
Her ubiquity among the elites operating in geopolitics must have a price tag. In considering her as a valid candidate (even her validity in her party bloc) there needs to be a full audit of expenditure to compare with former holders of the post.
Further, many of her appearances and speeches have been of a "sovereign entity" nature. No department of the EU has sovereign status and it is expressly forbidden by the Treaties of Rome.
In choosing a president of the EU Commission, elected MEPs and the public at large, must be clear about what the job entails in reality and the mechanisms whereby the incumbent may not issue Directives without a full and open vote in the European Parliament. To announce a proposal prior to ensuring backing is frequently an empty (and often immoderate) threat. There is no place for this in the EU.
Of candidates presenting at this writing, Mt Draghi appears to have the cleanest and calmest record. He is a stickler for rules and protocol and has both the verified academic credentials for the post as well as appropriate levels achievements in his country.
As a Mediterranean person of experience and requisite achievements he stands out given that the post is for 5 years duration and any thoughts of "another term" are not relevant to this matter as some other posts are.
get her out!
Ursula has done more than enough damage to the EU citizens.
Get her out.
Why?
@@ph33316 Look at her records
A real democratic Leader doesn’t force his will on other. Merkel was her tutor. Start with immigration over COVID Deals, etc
@@ph33316I don't care where is she from, but look at EU now
@wolfgang3059 how did she force anyone? Are you objecting to her using the powers she was elected to wield or suggesting something else?
Guys you are replying to a Russian troll
She should be put in jail.
Russian troll
Let´s hope it is the end for her. She needs to answer for multiple scandals, Pfizergate, and the court case lying about in Liege, Belgium for the misuse of money back when she was the German defense minister.
And of course her simping for Israel's genocide.
yeah, what happened to those large amounts of cash money in a bag......and the Pfizer phonecalls?
She won again
@@crabbypaddy5549 “poof” gone, and she can with a straight face warn against who is a threat to democracy.
@@Janoip well what do you know, to be honest I wasn’t surprised..
She's not only the incumbent president but also incompetent.
She is a very competent American running dog !
„Surprise candidate“ describes her really to the letter. Because she was thrown to the EU delegation as a form of retirement after failing at all the positions in Germany.
Above all, she is totally intransparent, corrupt, very good at wasting public money (Pfizer deal)
She is a USA puppet.
You forgot ‘dishonest’ too.
von der liar belongs behind bars, not leading the EU comission
Exactly
Practically anyone would be better than Ursula....
well sad!
She is the EU version of Biden. Status Quo politics, no ambitions or ideology and a black hole for charisma.
Don't really get why anyone would have such strong negative feelings towards her, although I'm very open to someone else taking over.
@wile123456 Biden litteraly broke opec, let the country to growth while most had none or not comparable and managed what no us president ever did making a real diplomatic alliance against china with most of asia by becoming their closest military partners and closer to them then china.
And thats just to status quo...
So yeah what did u smoke? Seriously?
@@PKM1010 she passed a anti-wolf law when her pony died. she's highly corrupt, and many europeans see her as the embodiment of the EU's worst values, especially when she started the warmonger speeches about russia. literally anyone else would be better for the job.
So let Mario Draghi run The Commission. Maybe he will be better.
For what it's worth, Draghi has shown that he was willing to admit that he fucked up in some aspects when he was in charge of the ECB. Personally, I respect that from a politician cos anyone else would have tried to spin it to blame something else regardless of how obviously his fault it is.
Mario Draghi is a technocrat, which is exactly what we need now with such a extreme divide in idealogies. We don't need someone to lead and come up with solutions based on idealogy right now, we just need solutions that will work long term. And that's what you need a technocrat for.
@@atrumluminarium True, but admitting your guilt should not be rewarded with a new post or a promotion at that. But exiting politics overall.
He is highly competent in my oppinon. But remember this isnt enough he also needs majoretys
@@Kalimdor199Menegroth Admitting guilt and admitting you made a mistake are two very different things. Admitting guild is when you were involved in something you knew you shouldn't be doing, and admitting a mistake is when you review your perspective in light of new information and work to correct it rather than double down on your mistakes to try and save face. No human is infallible and in the lying-contest that is politics, anyone willing to be that transparent and open to the idea that he's not infallible is worthy of consideration.
Ursula always acts in the interest of the United States.
Yes!!! Absolutely!! No constituency appointed appointee's Ursula Von der Leyen and Josep Borrell are basically NGOs! Their Whitehouse mission? To turn Europe into a world pain in the arse money laundering fascist neo-Nazi war machine.
Her Puppy Master is the WEF
@@wolfgang3059 The WEF has EU sponsors, CPAC in Hungary has only US sponsors. That's where a Meloni does speeches and even was a guest of honor at CPAC in the US. Orban too by the way. All the far right in the EU did speeches at CPAC and use republican talking points from CPAC.
The EPP biggest push in the election was a EU army and a bigger EU weapons industry. Less US!!!! So you got your puppets twisted.
@@Joey-ct8bm To me it is good enough to get the Eco Socialists out of power. Only Caos and poverty wherever the reign.
And the EU is on that path. That’s why I would see the clock turned back to a EEC.
Not to an All Poor Union except the political class.
@kaiserfranzjoseph9311 It's not a full blown army, just a first reaction force. The problem now is we have 20 different tanks that can't communicate with each other. We need a centralized army that can operate 1 tank and build around that. Not even some artillery rounds are the same, it's a mess.
If we go to war we can make 1 tank with 1 type of ammo and everybody can operate it.
The US made 238 billion dollars selling weapons to foreign nation in 2023 and gave 44 billion to Ukraine that year. The last aid package was a 60 billion dollar LOAN.
The US is not giving aid, they are making profit. My country the Netherlands gave all the F16s away and bought F35s.
We need our own weapons industry by all means possible and NATO should be ruled by Europe, not the US. The US is number 60 on the freedom index and 8 out of 10 top spots are EU nations with Finland as number 1. Give it to Finland.
There's now CPAC in Europe too btw, so the US needs to get off my continent with their anti abortion agenda and AIPAC. CPAC here tries to get rid of European rights. They want to abolish the ECHR. European working rights are in there. Paid vacation leave, sick day, parental leave are in there. They need to go. Democrats too. Waving Ukraine flags while making profits.
The EU's economic growth funk started in late 2018. Von Der Leyen came to power in 2019. In other words, she's overseen almost all of the EU's economic growth funk. I'm not saying she caused it, clearly that isn't the case. But she also is pretty clearly not the solution.
The corruption lady can continue, shameful
Ursula was bad in her job in Germany worse in her job in the EU!
she's the definition of falling ahead
Ursula's Green policy and obsession with ideology push entire EU to corners. Farmer protests, deindustrialization, cut off from cheap russian energy...
Europa nicht den Leyen überlassen!
She did what exactly suppose to do, help USA to destroy EU.
We were actually relieved to have thrown her out of the administration in Germany because she failed horribly in all positions. EU is a designated place for „retirement“ of failed politicians because in most cases they don’t matter.
However … somebody thought to be funny to elect her to a leading position without any competence whatsoever.
Ursula needs to go!!!!
If they cant agree they should let us vote. Actually, they should let us vote anyway.
We don't vote for PM's either.
Cause letting the populace vote for something beyond their understanding has never gone wrong. *cough Brexit *cough
*cough Hitler cough
How the hell would you vote for the Comission? Everyone would vote their own, and the country with the largest population would always win. The system is fine as it is. We voted for the MP's, and we elected the Council members, so is petfectly legitimate for them to decide.
@@soundscape26 You're missing the key difference, which is that we vote for MPs who can actually table legislation in Parliament (it's called legislative initiative). And the leader of the party that has won the most seats becomes PM. In the EU, it's a 'rubber stamp parliament', where elected MEPs cannot initiate their own legislation; they are reduced to a status more like the House of Lords, confirming or vetoing what has already been agreed on. So the EU system is undemocratic as it is inverted, with the elected chamber rubber stamping what the unelected appointees decide, whereas in the democratic UK Parliament, the elected chamber (the Commons) initiates legislation, while the appointed chamber (the Lords) can only confirm or veto, but cannot ultimately block legislation proposed and formulated by the people's elected representatives. Hope that helps.
Von der Leyen needs to go. She is universally loathed.
Which is why her party won the elections both at home and at the european level, gained seats and is the strongest group…
@@karelkieslich6772 People could support the party's ideology and still find Ursula incompetent. If you support a broad group, it doesn't mean you like every member of it.
And a pro israel fanatic to boot
@@willc1294Israel❤️🇮🇱🤝Europe
@@willc1294 she should support Hamas Terrorists?
Voting implies democracy. They call this sort of juggling democracy?
prefer a lot more drgahi than ursula
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Europa nicht den Leyen überlassen.
Ja, ich stimme zu, sie ist giftig und muss gehen.
As a European we don’t want here again
"unpopular, but still the frontrunner because there are no obvious alternatives" european gerontocracy in one sentence xD cheers for the vid guys tho, insightful as always
Currently: 27.06.2024, Thursday, discussing the nominations of 3 persons, one of which is that of Ursula von der Leyen. Normal and decent people perceive this as meanness and betrayal.
Ursula should be in prison!
Why?
Because she is a US puppet also a US citizen.@@The_Stef
@roro4787The German “greens” have a far larger share of the blame (by being fanatically anti-nuclear and previously anti-defense) and so do the Social Democrats (Schröder, Gasprom).
@@The_Stef She is corrupt! Had deals with Pfizer (and family members), paid millions for advisors (also family members) while Minister for Defense in Germany etc.
Get lost, Ursula!
I hope it is the end to Ursulas job. She is awful
The EU should disappear out of our lives as well. They are the problem. Whoever is elected will still prolong the corrupt, undemocratic EU policies. While the EU still survives, individual countries lose their sovereignty and independence and freedoms.
Von de Leyen didn't seem to care abiut European interests. She has string backers from US.
Good riddance, Europe needs someone who acts for the people, not someone who bends over backwards to maintain their grip on power.
Ursula bends over for everyone to dip in!
Anyone with ties to Boris would be inappropriate for justice.
@@ParDiss-e4i So would anyone with ties to USA. I can't wait for Ursula to no longer be president so that she has to answer for her shady contracts with Pfizer.
Somebody who doesn't do everything to maintain/gain power won't become commissioner. Especially considering that it's not a direct vote, so candidates can't just make promises to the people and expect to get votes, they need political ties for MEPs to support them. As unfortunate as this is.
The next & the next will be the same . Only if U are an obedient ( puppet ) u will never be considered .
Nuclear energy to replace gas power plants and tougher immigration sounds like what Europeans actually want
Volt members from all across Europe voted to decide if we join the Greens or Renew. We decide at 85% to go with the greens like in 2019.
Marios Draghi is an obvious candidate for me. And if it is played right , maybe they could get Meloni to agree?
thing is Draghi is very disliked among Meloni's voters because he "forced the vaccine and lockdowns" on us. Even if in 2021-22 Italy was having a way above average growth. I would agree he would be perfect if not a tad too old (but he seems still very chipper)
With Meloni being the one to unseat Draghi from his position as Prime Minister I find it more likely that Draghi would refuse any cooperation with Meloni
Mario Draghi will be a great president from the perspective of Italy, France and Greece with his fanatic EU-debts ideology but it will be very bad for the Euro and EU.
@@mighty_spirit8532 didn't draghi resign because someone from the coalition left? THEN meloni was elected as prime minister
@@FTN_Ale Someone (the 5 star movement) decided to stop supporting the government by abstaining during a vote for a economic aid package that Draghi said he would resign because of if it failed to pass through parliament. So Draghi resigned as prime minister and called for new elections most likely expecting increased support for all governing parties except the 5 star movement and being able to continue governing without them. This is where Meloni comes in as she became the largest party with a shockingly high result and forming a government without Draghi.
Therefore I wouldn't be surprised if Draghi is unwilling to work with Meloni.
Stop calling it the center parties when you include S&D in the alliance.
I’d like this to count as my vote for King of All Europa, Mario Draghi 🫡
draghi is the soft version von ursula: Ursula with vaseline
Von der Leyen does everything the US wants, even when it is bad for the EU.
I dont think so, if you look what she did to German Bundeswehr, you would know THATS not what USA would want (an ally who is actively trying to demilitarize)
Like what?
@@soundscape26 Like keep sending billons of EU tax-payers money to fund an American created war, while sprouting false narratives and propaganda to the EU parliment, she is the main source of dis-information in the parliment and you ask like what? Do you even have a clue of what is going on? like what?
@@soundscape26 The Pfizer contracts. The involvement in the war in Ukraine (which was caused by a series of events which only went downhill since the 2014 coup which the West supported) by sanctioning Russia in an economically suicidal way.
Lets be honest, EU has been acting like a vasal of USA.
What is this claim? I have observed that Von Der Leyen usually does whatever her hippie S&D partners want her to do, ie institute random “ecological” laws. Also, is supporting Ukraine bad for the EU? I’m not a Von der Leyen fan, but we gotta look at this in an objective manner
You mean it’s the of Fond of lying.😅.
I don't even know why Von der Leyen is still being considered. She has done so many controversial things that it's amazing that she was even chosen the first time.
I hereby predict van der Leyen will spend her old age in the US. And she won’t even have to take money with her.
She needs ICC,not America!
@@ninastevanovic6808 I know. So does our former Dutch prime minister Rutte who is demissionary but is still taking such decisions. Those are however the ways of the world. Being a crook simply pays.
That I will hear an Italian president say, that they have the most stable goverment right now and be true with that, is not something i would have expected in my life time.
Only 50% of the population voted and her coalition (made of 3 parties) got only 40% of that 50%, so 20% of the entire Italian population. I wouldn’t call it stable
Good von der lien spoke on behalf of the EU on the current war in In Israel when she wasn't given the power to do so. I want her gone.
If there is a majority possible to be formed because certain blocks (where citizens voted for, indirectly due to national parties) without your own fraction, then that is a signal from the citizens as well, Crazy that I have to explain democracy to a head of state.
Very good commentator. Easy to understand and good vocalization. As for the analysis, it would seem that von der Leyen doesn't have too many fans in the comment section. We shall see what happens but I wouldn't underestimate her ability to see her way through the obstacles. You may not like her but she is a crafty politician.
Down with corruption, down with Ursula! thats what we all EU citizens want and they better hear us if they dont want more crazy parties in EU to be voted
I wouldn't talk for everyone if I was you. I for one i like her. I like that she was more visible than former heads of the Comission (i highly doubt most even remember who the previous one was) and I definetly prefer someone more conservative on migration, than what the centrist would prefer.
@@davidgreen5994 I don't understand the hate on Ursula,Macron and Scholz are to blame that the compromise are hard because they want to appear tough on "extreme right" to regain votes.
Like Swedish leftists refusing to prosecute IS fifhters?
“Who do I call if I want to call Europe?", former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. And still there is no answer.
There is now the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, the European counterpart to the US Secretary of State. Otherwise, the Commission President or if desired the Council President will do just fine.
Because Europe isn’t a country it’s a loose political entity. And it’s the commission president which changes but so does the USA president
Well, Europe is not a country so the joke's on the Americans.
@@soundscape26he was European
as her name suggests, she is a real life Disney villain.
Ursula is pure evil, she needs to step down.
You are about to get disappointed.
They don't have to when it's breaking up soon
Whats crazy is the position , makes people do favours to parties , and it does not benefit the people of Europe , how do you accept this rule
Get rid of this evil. Out !!!
Kallas as diplomat is one sick joke
In my opinion the obvious alternative to Mrs layen is Mario Draghi. He is the European leader with the largest political capital in the economy, finance, and in most European capitals, particularly Rome and Paris, which are most relevant to address Meloni case. The question is if hlmr Dragi accepts. He certainly have better things in life to do, and we respect that.
Τhey did agree "Germany's Ursula von der Leyen, Portugal's Antonio Costa and Estonia's Kaya Kalas will occupy the three senior positions of European Commission, European Council and EU High Representative to the European Union." from today's (25-6-2024) news.
The bunch of loosers.
Kaya is dumb, Costa is a criminal, and we know what Ursula can do.
Any better suggestions in the interest of EU and the world?
Good analysis!
5 hours ago: "Von der Leyen, Costa, Kallas approved for EU top jobs by negotiators"
Negotiators? You mean a self-appointed and self serving cabal.
Nice that Volt chooses Greens.😍
I hope the president of the eu commission is Croatian or irish
Maybe then 🇲🇰 will have a chance of joining the block
Frau Death should be jailed
Von der Leyen as president and Kallas as top diplomat. Who could question such a line up? Maybe some politicians who don't want Europe turned into a mass graveyard!
How the hell would Kallas lead to this? She is standing firmly AGAINST Russia, which is THE BIGGEST THREAT for the continent right now.
@@eksiarvamusRussia biggest threat? This war is total bs and a lazy excuse to start a ww3 whilest the elites invest in weapons and watch this continent burn.
@@eksiarvamus Ah, you really believe this, the west is standing strong against Russia's "unprovoked" aggression, bs? That is just wrong. I doubt any of our ruling classes believe that, it is just propaganda for the trusting. Top level, this is about maintaining US unipolar geopolitical dominance, access to geostrategically-important areas and access to rich natural resources. There's been plans in the neocon/neolib circles in Washington to Balkanise Russia for decades. They use any grass roots movements to meet their goals, to dominate, control, exploit and will even use humanitarian interventionism as a pretext for these actions. Psychopatic traits and behaviours all round.
Bunch of greedy politicians
And they call this "democracy".
The EU is just a bureaucracy.
Where do you have a say in your country about the persons in charge there?
What would you change?
@@frankthetank5708 Well, we do vote here. 🤣
@@soundscape26 Disband the circus of egomaniacs and go back to simple EEC as it used to be. Purely a customs-free zone, no politics.
@@soundscape26 Go back to the principles of the original European Economic Community, forget what has now become the circus of the "European Political Community".
Anyone but that woman.
Mario Draghi would be the best person to have as president of the eu commision
Mario Draghi will be a great president from the perspective of Italy, France and Greece with his fanatic EU-debts ideology but it will be very bad for the Euro and EU....
Get rid of her and links to WEF
The EPP, which supports Ursula: wins seats
Renew Europe, which supports Draghi: Loses miserably
The comment section: "WE WANT DRAGHI! WE WANT DRAGHI!"
Welcome to the masses
People hate Ursula, people also hate EU migration policy and the status quo in general. Not a hard idea for me to wrap my head around.
@@LeDraaier the masses clearly didn't vote for Draghi
@@LordDoof
My critique was directed towards the Liberals in the comment section who want Draghi as president despite the fact that the group which supports him lost seats.
@@tepesobrejac4360 Liberals and SDs lose seats ---> form a trash coalition so they can keep doing the same things making people mad ---> Liberals and SDs lose seats
Von Leyen still has the strong cable as she was an obedient made to Biden and help the US economy at the expense of the EU …..
Ah, it's a mess. How unusual!!
It's not a mess. When you have a wedding or birthday to organise and you're discussing which one to pick, do you all immediately agree on everything, no? It's literally part of the normal process to agree, disagree, change minds, and then settle on a decision.
What do you expect when you have 27 countries working together, that everyone will easily agree?
Hold on. We dont have a president or EU government. We have a comissioner.
Anyone but those who have ties with boris would be ideal.
Great report, thank you.
It is a major weakness of the EU that you feel someone would need a masters in political science to know who gets elected where and how and why
The system is actually very simple, but local polititians don't want peoples to be informed, because the ambiguity helps them to pass EU and Bruxelles as rhe scape goat for all their failures and incompetente.
@@davidgreen5994 "Very simple" and "EU politics" are definitely opposites. National politics can already be confusing, and having 27 countries in one organisation does not simplify it.
@@Ruzzky_Bly4t It is very simple. I actually went to college and studied Political Science, we studied EU institutions and structure for a semester, and I was shocked how well designed and simple actually it was. Is nothing complicated, as is designed after how the system in Europe is, plus a couple a modifications, to fit a confederation of +20 countries. You have 3 main institutions: The Commission which is the de facto Government, the European Parliament, and the European Council made of the heads of states that act like a sort of hybrid between a Senate and the office of the President. 2 of them, the Parliament and Council members are selected trough national elections, the Commission President is nominalized trough negotiations in the Council and Parliament, and selected trough vote in the Parliament. Then the President of the Commission selects 1 member for the Commission from each country, then the Parliament interviews each - approves or rejects them, and then the whole Commission is approved or rejected trough a final vote. Is not all that complicated. Is made to look complicated, because is in the interests of some actors for it to seem that way.
This narrator is so much better to listen to than the usual guy
What a pointless circus. 😢
Von der leyen 😂😂😂 she is an epitome of a corporate cogwheel
"Not well known or respected enough to lead the EU" wtf?? I'm not an EPP supporter but Weber should've become president, at this point they're breaking their own rules
As a german I say: Not Ursula either Weber. The one is a criminal the other makes the same politics. We europeans need a change.
Europa nicht den Leyen überlassen
Politicians deciding there own leader what could go wrong.
This is the norm in parliamentary countries, u vote for the party and they decide who gets the big jobs
if it was up to ordinary people to vote who is gonna be PM and so on it would be a mess because not everyone understands how things work
Ursula must go
In the private sector, the lady wouldn't last a week. It is tragic or ridiculous what kind of figures hold important posts in the EU! The EU will not save Europe, it will destroy it.
GET RID OF VDL, give us more m
Von Der Leyen ha been a complete disaster for Europe.
It baffles me that such an unimpressive prime minister here in Portugal is considered as a possible candidate, but then again i can imagine there's many shady interests behind close doors and in my view he would be a pushover to those really in power and maybe that's what they want.
I thought his career ended last year over the corruption charges. I was surprised to see him pop up in the video.
Because the EU us the place where unimpressive national politicians go to get their snouts wet before retiring. Big salary, no tax, huge pension....
@@cobracommander8133 There weren't any corruption charges on him, the Public Ministry made a mistake when revealed who was being investigated (which was António Costa Silva - Economy Minister not António Costa - Prime Minister) but by the time that was revealed Costa had already resigned because in his point of view a PM couldn't govern while being under investigation.
That is not to say he's a good candidate for council president, just that his career isn't over
True. But yes ideally Portugal seems good.
It's not conspiracy or "shady interests". It's just the typical struggle of power between the EU and the national governments. The EU Council, who are the heads of state of each member, don't want to propose someone who would be too influential or well known. They want predictable, run of the mill politicians that won't overshadow them.
A boring unimpressive prime minister is exactly what they want, he got no chance to overshadow the national heads of state.
Glad the lady has her voice on the intro elements now
Meloni is right. As an EPP supporter, we cant keep ignoring the rising tide. Look at sweden or finland as examples of what happens when we get rid of the cordon sanitare: the far right loses support AND moderates. Its time we achieve that EU wide.
I voted for EPP too, although I don't see any major differences between EPP and ECR in many countries
Don't forget at just addressing the (perceived) problems. Of the 10 European countries with the highest gdp/capita (11, if you include luxembourg), the only countries with a stable(2+ consecutive cabinets) PES(socialist) influence(plurality in the cabinet) in government are Denmark(SD keeps to its strict immigration laws) and Spain(high unemployment rates). Most other PES member despise critics on immigration as something far right, aka not addressing the problem of these people. Two other European countries with high GDP/capita have a consistent social democracy influence in their governments. Those are Swiss and Norway, both countries have low immigration/strict immigration policies.
The participation in the EU elections in Sweden was low asf
@@Justsomeone200 completely agree
Volt though joining the greens has been promised quite a free hand including on nuclear. I imagine that's not the only part it gets a free hand on so I think a compromise with the greens might be possible, sacrifices have to be made but less then with the ecp.
Draghi ursula go home
Her talks on decoupling and overcapacity have backfired. 😆😆😆
Change has to come. We need people who adress the migrant crisis. Germany is now spending about 1/7 of it´s complete yearly budget on providing for Migrants while bridges fall apart and people have to work longer for less retirement money. We need to look after ourself first.
Amen!
@@WhateverNameIsStillAvailableYou can thank Merkel. 😂
@@katalinnemeth5871 "Aber wir haben es nicht gewusst!!!" 😭😭
@@WhateverNameIsStillAvailable Sorry I dont speak German. ( English please)
@@katalinnemeth5871 It's Angela Merkel's infamous dishonest apology: "We didn't know."
So much respect because you nail the pronunciation of all non-English words 🙌
Wait, wait, wait, wait...
You are saying she has to be ELECTED??!?!?!?!?!?!?!!??! WHAAAAAAT?!?!?!?!?!?
I am astonished... incredible...
Yes. Just not by the citizenry.
Welcome to the purposeful, in-built ''democratic deficit''.
@@eoinoconnell185That’s how most representative democracies work. The Brits don’t choose their Prime Minister directly either for example, neither do the Dutch
@eoinoconnell185 the Commission President, is selected just like a Prime Minister. The largest party and their lead candidate gets the first chance to win a parliamentary vote.
@@eoinoconnell185 Except the citizens elect the council consisting of the heads of states and the parliament.
And both of those decide the president which only proposes legislation.
Vote by proxy for the uneducated.
Unlike a certain house of lords...
Appointed / nominated by the Council and then approved by a vote in the Parliament following a hearing.
News reporter pretty * does an ugly blushed laugh *
Ursula was never a good candidate to begin with
I think it is a good development. People are going to get even more frustrated with the establishment now and the right wing is going to grow even further. Let’s see if Italy makes school also in France, after Argentina and the Netherlands.