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Old 27-05-2009, 11:40   #12
andrewb
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Re: The EU gravy train

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Originally Posted by MargaretR View Post
I wrote to an MEP a few months ago and never got a reply.
From what I understand about how the EU parliament works, it is the non-elected beaurocrats who make the rules and the MEPs just vote on whether to accept them.
Indeed you're right. Which means when you 'vote' in the European elections, you are voting for a candidate that can have no mandate. They cannot set out a stall and say, 'this is what we will do in Europe', as they are not the initiators of legislation.
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