tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406430766424642773.post6862552501324442769..comments2023-09-28T12:28:57.598+03:00Comments on Grahnlaw: And the next EU Commissioner for multilingualism is …Ralf Grahn http://www.blogger.com/profile/02156293782163802007noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406430766424642773.post-21920758441042524372009-09-21T05:15:12.580+03:002009-09-21T05:15:12.580+03:00citizen of Europe,
You are quite right: If the C...citizen of Europe, <br /><br />You are quite right: If the Commission size is dictated by the number of member states, this leads to an unwieldy college of Commissioners and to at least some portfolios with thin slices of tasks. <br /><br />The Nice Treaty, the Constitutional Treaty and the Lisbon Treaty (before the Irish guarantees) all tried to achieve a reduction in Commission size, but none of them changed the underlying principle of intergovernmentalism, even if the Commissioners are supposed to be fully independent. <br /><br />As long as the (primitive) distribution of seats continue on the basis of member states, do you agree that uncooperative countries should be marginalised? <br /><br />Specifically, should this apply when the internal Czech mess causes uncertainty and problems for the rest of Europe?Ralf Grahn https://www.blogger.com/profile/02156293782163802007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406430766424642773.post-31003126664162324032009-09-20T20:55:37.810+03:002009-09-20T20:55:37.810+03:00Commissioner for multilingualism: it is a tax for ...Commissioner for multilingualism: it is a tax for the principle of intergovernmentalism. If every state - according to national politicians - must have its commissioner (why if they execute their influence in the Council of the EU?), such things are necessary. On the one hand the national politicians do things like this, on the other hand they shout at home how much bureaucratic the union is.citizen of Europehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16351547139010003857noreply@blogger.com