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"The changes in the procedure for the election of the European Parliament will have important consequences. Moving the election date to May will give more time for a new parliament to convene well before the summer break, making its business less hurried. More significant is the idea that the candidates for the next President of the Commission be named by each political family and, by that process, be elected by the citizens of Europe. Most striking is that as many members of the Commission as possible be drawn from elected members of the European Parliament. These changes will basically serve as an answer to the accusation that the Commission is made up of unelected bureaucrats, who – on this argument – should not be exercising as much power as they do. In sum, what the changes should effect is to invest those commissioners who are elected as MEPs with a degree of accountability towards the voters. Ideally, even though they will give up their mandates, these elected commissioners will maintain some contact with their electorates. This process will strengthen the legitimacy of the Commission and should give it a greater element of autonomy with respect to Council than it currently has."@en1
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