On Mon, Nov 5, 2018 at 7:25 AM Colin Smale <colin.sm...@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> On 2018-11-04 01:20, Paul Allen wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 4, 2018 at 12:10 AM Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefi...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Question though (more for someone in Europe) - is a "Member of the >> European Parliament" elected, or just appointed by their home country? Are >> they a "politician" as such? >> > > Elected. They don't serve any useful purpose since the EU is run by > unelected bureaucrats, but they're > elected. > > > Paul, please keep your personal politics out of this discussion. > I simplified. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament Although the European Parliament has legislative power that the Council and Commission do not possess, it does not formally possess legislative initiative <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislative_initiative>, as most national parliaments <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_parliaments_of_the_European_Union> of European Union member states do. And then you can go down a twisty maze of Wikipedia articles to conclude that, as parliaments go, the European Parliament is very limited in its powers but the bureaucracy is not. Still, it counts as elected representation for the purposes of the proposal. BTW, I'm not going to insist you refrain from inferring my politics by what I wrote, merely point out that you inferred incorrectly. And that by mentioning it at all, you perpetuated this side-issue. -- Paul
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