Haha. There is nothing democratic about the EU comission. They are appointed. Except for the commission president, but then there's only one candidate put forward and the populous don't get to vote.
The parliament is there to give the illusion of some level of democracy, but the parliament's only power is to rubber stamp what's come from the commission.
Guys, please, I understand you are pissed, angry and whatever, but at least don't spout this sort of ignorant nonsense.
If the parliament's only power was to rubber stamp whatever comes from the commission, then this thread wouldn't exist in the first place. The commission has tried to ram through these draconian copyright laws (and many other things) several times before and it was stopped each time by guess who - the European parliament.
When it comes to lawmaking, the parliament
is on equal footing with the commission and they
must agree on the version of any text before it can be adopted. Here is how the procedure works:
https://europa.eu/european-union/eu-law/decision-making/procedures_enAnd re the commission being unelected - that's not completely true. While we don't elect the commissioners directly, the candidates are selected by the states (through their appointed representatives in the Council of Europe),
taking into account the results of the European elections (that's actually part of the Lisbon treaty). Who sits on that council is determined by the governments of the individual states - which are certainly elected as well.
Once that is done, all commissioners, including the President,
are elected from among the candidates by the European parliament. Typically after a good grilling session and there have been cases when the candidate was rejected by the parliament as unsuitable. (e.g.:
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/slovenia-s-nominee-for-european-commission-rejected-1.1956712 )
Here is how the Commission works:
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/factsheets/en/sheet/25/the-european-commissionAll in all, how the EU functions is not that much different from a normal parliamentary democracy where you elect your MPs and then those select a prime minister (EU commission president) who nominates a government (EU commissioners) which then have to be approved by the parliament again - e.g. in a vote of confidence with the entire government en-bloc, or how it is done in Brussels, one by one.
So, please, can we cut this BS now?