Roses, why do you never read and remember anything important?
We vote for MEPs, and the heads of government. We can get rid of them.
If we vote leave and Cameron resigns, he will no longer be in those pictures of all the heads of state alongside Merkel, etc., who ratify the laws.
I am sure you will not read it because it goes against what you believe, but here it is again.
fullfact.org/europe/eu-facts-behind-claims-democracy/
However, the EU far surpasses other international organisations in its democratic control, just as it reaches into far more areas of public policy than its counterparts elsewhere:
EU citizens directly elect the members of the European Parliament, which is a ‘co-legislator’ in most areas of EU activity. In other words, its approval is generally needed for new EU laws. These elections also then shape the choice of European Commission President, who needs to have the approval of the Parliament;
Citizens can ask for specific new laws to be considered by the EU, through a European Citizens’ Initiative, although this has not resulted in any new laws to date;
Member countries have accepted that the EU creates a set of legal rights, not only for states, but also for EU citizens, which they can rely on in court (‘direct effect’) and which cannot be overridden by those states (‘supremacy’ or precedence).
From the article.
Whatever next.
