The European Commission explained

Corrections. We do our best to check all our videos for mistakes before we post, but we sometimes do miss some. Our apologies.
- In the video it states that there are 23.000 employees working for the Commission. There are actually 32.000.

This video is gives a short yet comprehensive introduction of the European Commission. Among other things it covers its composition, voting system, powers and tasks.

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[anshukumar]

Thanks for this simple explanation.
Otherwise, it's very cumbersome to interpret the functioning of different institutions within the EU.

[laure]

Holy smokes, I just saw the light! Thank you so much, everything suddenly makes so much more sense!!

[h.i.sjoevall]

Great videos about how the EU works! Really appreciated it and will share to friends so they will wont forget to vote in the elections!! :) Keep up the good work!

[stylusphantasticus]

Correction to: "Like MEPs, Commissioners are not expected to work for the interests of their member states." In fact, MEPs represent the people in their member states who directly elected them. So they do work for the interests of their member states. The only legislative body in the European Union that represents the interests of the European Union itself is the European Commission -- it is important to note that both the Council of the EU, the European Parliament, and the European Commission work for the interests of three different groups as that is a part of the democratic "checks and balances" of the EU system.

[LearnYourSelf]

0:20 UPDATED INFO: The College of Commissioners is composed of the President of the Commission, eight Vice-Presidents, including three Executive Vice-Presidents, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and 18 Commissioners, each responsible for a portfolio.

[sfirro]

Watched one video, I subscribed! You are awesome!

[DEAckern]

Very useful educational videos :D Love your channel!

[cdbxuqy]

This is better then any kind of drama show

[kubanik]

Amazing videos. Thanks a lot for making these

[SilvonYT]

Wait...
Who is the one who proposes the president to the parlment?
"The European Council" or "The Council of The European Union"?

[a.c.mdt]

Thanks for this it really helped to my midterm :)

[robinspat]

Abandoned me

The problem with EU is it failed to protect millions like me in UK who grew up as an EU citizen, never wanted a UK referendum in 2016, voted Remain, as forced to vote, and have had EU citizenship an rights ripped off me and nothing from EU to me in aid, or lifeboat. Nothing at all. 14 million or more British Remain voters just walked away from by EU as though we were nothing and are still nothing.

Remember if EU can treat us British (Welsh) EU Remain voters with such disregard when we most needed EU protection… what about you in your EU country? Why would EU parliament, commission, courts etc not simply cast you away too, as inconvenient?

I am one of the abandoned, I’m still an EU citizen in my head but I’ve been left as waste at the side of the road?

Why?

[FF-emjk]

The whole idea that an unelected commision has the right to propose laws while the MEPs only have the authority to rubberstamp them makes the EU little more, than a peoples republic.

[sixaj]

So the meetings from the people who make the laws for every person in the EU are NOT for the public?!

[sambroughton]

This is extremely helpful, but could you please clarify the Commission's election process? When a candidate for the Presidency of the European Commission is proposed by the European Council, is 'unanimity' required among European council members for this proposition to be forwarded to the European Parliament.

Additionally, when a candidate is proposed by the European Council to be elected as the President of the Commission, does this mean they are the sole candidate name on the ballot paper for European Parliamentarians to approve or reject?

Many thanks.

[melb]

Thank you very much for this, very well put. My own question on the whole idea of the EU is this: Why do we need a "United States of Europe"? Why do individual countries NEED to be controlled by a huge army of "politicians" . The real purpose of the EU should be simply to oversee a smooth transition of trade between each member. NO MORE, NO LESS! Anything else is quite rightly viewed with suspicion .

[stevenanderson]

my teachr worked here said it was fun and extreamly intresting

[TME]

Small correction. No in Maltese is "LE" not "EBDA" :)

[julkasteven]

Ode to Joy (Anthem of EU) plays in the background

[lukek]

People say the European Commission is very undemocratic which is true, but I think a big problem with democratising the Commission is that many people would still vote based on their own (national) interest, which would defeat the purpose of the Commission when it's one of the only institutions meant to solely work in the interest of the European Union as a whole.
While obviously democracy is preferable, I wonder if the European Union would have been able to achieve as much as it has if it weren't for its flawed system.