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No the national governments choose the commissioner to send to the commission. A nation in the EU can recall its commissioner. The commissioner acts in the interests of the Government of the nation that sent them to the EU commission. The national governments of EU nations are all elected by their citizens so the commission is indirectly democratic. It is arranged like this because individual countries in the EU don't want to give up sovereignty to the EU parliament.



What if the commissioner is bought by other interest groups and does not represent the best interest of the people?


As stated above: the nation that nominated the commissioner can recall its commissioner.


And in addition to that, each new Commission also has to be approved by the European Parliament.




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