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		jnurmine on Feb 5, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Article 13 Is Back On: Worse, Not Better Well, again, the directly voted European Parliament 1. elects the President of the Commission, 2. acks/nacks the contents of the Commission and 3. can force the Commission to resign. I mean, it's not like a wink, wink, handshake and some random person gets installed just like that as the President of the European Commission. The Parliament really has to approve the person, whoever it is and however the person is found.

cs02rm0 on Feb 5, 2019 [–]

That's fair, but it still strikes me as a democratically weaker system for it.

Has the Parliament ever exercised their veto against a president?

jnurmine on Feb 5, 2019 | [–]

No. The closest was in 1999, when the Commission lead by Jacques Santer dropped out voluntarily before the Parliament forced them to go.

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