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While one can argue Commissioners should be directly elected (counters below*), Commissioners are appointed by heads of government who are *usually* democratically put in place by the whole population of each country. Rather than just by 160,000 of its most Conservative citizens.
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One could also argue that directly electing the Commission rather than having the national heads of government do it would be a significant step towards the very EU superstate the eurosceptics fear and also that it would have an even lower turnout than the Parliament elections
One could also argue that directly electing the Commission rather than having the national heads of government do it would be a significant step towards the very EU superstate the eurosceptics fear and also that it would have an even lower turnout than the Parliament elections
And at the same time we do need to remember what the Commission is and does:
