Quote Originally Posted by ninianclark View Post
In the EU - it's the commission and the unelected commissioners that seems to have the powers - not the MEPs. They dont get to set EU law - they just get to vote on it. MEPs are basically puppets of the commission.

Luckily in Parliament - there is no such commission type arrangement. Parties in the EU parliament tend to just sit together depending on their various political viewpoints. Not exactly a great way to do things in my opinion.
That's not how the EU works. The legal agenda is set by the council, drafted by the commission and voted on by parliament. Its exactly the same as the government setting the agenda, the civil service drafting legislation and parliament voting on any new law.

We don't elect our civil service yet it is respected as being non partisan and up there with the very best.