WE is completely correct; the Council - of which Britain was a member and had influence when were in the EU - determines foreign policy through all member country PM's/Presidents; likewise, the Commission proposes and manages budgets - again approved by the Council.
You might not like what WE says, but he is well informed and accurate.

Thank you.

There are many who make claims about the EU which are simply untrue. It was a primary driver for Brexit and sad to see these claims still being made.

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You are demonstrating your ignorance. The Council is composed of the heads of state, or heads of government of the EU members, plus a Chairman and the President of the Commission, neither of whom has a vote. The Council has evolved since its inception.

We vote in Governments. They choose who leads them. Together with all the other members they define the political direction and priorities of the EU. The Commission then carry them out.

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The EU does not function in that way and it would be impossibly clumsy to try to have an elected parliament with legislative powers. Rather than criticise what it isn’t, and was never intended to be, try to look at what it is and what it delivers.

Concentrating only on the “we don’t elect them” moan doesn’t deliver anything. It puts no bread on the table. The EU members have agreed to delegate responsibilities so that collectively they are stronger together than any one of them would be alone. It’s a bit like Wilf trying to play Man City on his own.

The stupidity of the Brexit “Little England” argument can be seen now for the sham it always was. Farage is the wanna be King who has no clothes.

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If you know, what has been the point of your barrage of posts? It was never intended to be democratic in the way a national parliament is and anyone arguing that it should, or even could, be is deluded and just wasting time. The question is not that. It is whether it delivers better outcomes than it not existing.

Tony Benn was an arrogant fool in so many ways. Sincere, but misguided. His conclusions on the EU are not shared by me. His conclusions on many things are not shared by me. Especially his contention that your conscience is above the law when making decisions.

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It is not relevant that the Commission is perfect democratically but that it is capable of delivery to a bloc of 27 nations.

Democracy does not mean that things work, as we are discovering more each day.

The UK is not particularly democratic in practice, has been dropping down the democracy table and badly needs reform.

Where else do you find anything so ridiculous as a House of Lords.

I had a lot of time for Tony Benn, think of Concorde for example,
but at other times he did disappear into a cloud of irrelevance.