Comments by "peabase" (@peabase) on "Von der Leyen replies to Hungary and Poland: Migration reform will be done by 'qualified majority'" video.

  1. I have an idea. Let's have the heads of state (or government) of all the EU member countries nominate candidates for the presidency of the European Commission (as currently held by Ursula von der Leyen). From those, the duly elected members of the European Parliament could elect the candidate they deem most suitable. How does that sound? Wait...
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  2.  @dachochiyo3992  You must think France conquered the whole world.
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  3. The heads of state of all the EU members and the members of the European Parliament did. BTW, this information is literally at your fingertips. Just learn to use the internet.
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  4.  @daneelolivaw602  Since you seem to possess at least a modicum of internet skills, you should look into the Spitzenkandidaten process. You'll find that the political parties represented in the European Parliament do nominate candidates of their own. I don't know if you're well acquainted with European parliamentarism in general, but this is similar to national parties electing a leader, who's best placed to make prime minister if their party wins the election. Having said that, this time around a Spitzenkandidat didn't win, unlike the time before, but from a democracy point of view, I can't say if it's better that the EP's or the Council's candidate wins. There are pros and cons to each approach, but what counts is that the EP went ahead with Ursula instead of prolonging the process. BTW, you needn't worry about my knowledge of the workings of the EU. I did an internship at the European Parliament. For what it's worth, I could've stayed on, but I respectfully declined.
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  5.  @daneelolivaw602  So, let's hear your conspiracy theory about vote rigging in the European Parliament. Try to make it better than Trump's unsubstantiated theories. We don't want to stoop to Murica's level, do we? FYI, there were several Spitzenkanditaten. Each party had their own candidate, many had even several. Thank you for giving your seal of approval for my expertise. I don't know if it's worth anything, but I'll graciously take it.
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  6. You were making sense -- somewhat -- till you mentioned OPEC.
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