in short contries vote for representatives (smaller countries have less, bigger more) and representatives then can vote who will be a EU commision president (as far as i understand).
I belive Kurzgesagt has a great video about EU diplomatic system if you want to know more.
Here. Basically before the 2014 election, a new process of a “lead candidate” proposed by the European parliament was introduced to make the appointment of the president of the commission a bit more democratic. That worked in 2014 and for the 2019 election, the parliament once again selected a lead candidate. However this time, the commission just decided to ignore it and instead chose Von der Leyen.
Can you explain more/point me somewhere where I can read more about this?
in short contries vote for representatives (smaller countries have less, bigger more) and representatives then can vote who will be a EU commision president (as far as i understand).
I belive Kurzgesagt has a great video about EU diplomatic system if you want to know more.
Here. Basically before the 2014 election, a new process of a “lead candidate” proposed by the European parliament was introduced to make the appointment of the president of the commission a bit more democratic. That worked in 2014 and for the 2019 election, the parliament once again selected a lead candidate. However this time, the commission just decided to ignore it and instead chose Von der Leyen.