Talk:European Commission

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the European Commission article.
This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic.
New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help.

Article policies

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Archives: Index, 1: 90 days

European Commission is a former featured article. Please see the links under Article milestones below for its original nomination page (for older articles, check the nomination archive) and why it was removed.

This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on June 16, 2008.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
July 10, 2007	Good article nominee	Listed
September 9, 2007	Featured article candidate	Promoted
December 26, 2020	Featured article review	Demoted

Current status: Former featured article

European Union Top‑importance

	European Union portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject European Union, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the European Union on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.European UnionWikipedia:WikiProject European UnionTemplate:WikiProject European UnionEuropean Union articles
Top	This article has been rated as Top-importance on the project's importance scale.

Politics Mid‑importance

	Politics portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Politics, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of politics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.PoliticsWikipedia:WikiProject PoliticsTemplate:WikiProject Politicspolitics articles
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.

Appointment

The Council of the European Union is mentioned at least twice as it relates to appointment of the Commission, but I can find no mention of this body involvement in nomination/appointment in the actually Treaty of the European Union. Can someone clarify this? As far as I can tell, only the European Council is involved. If the Council of the EU is involved, in what configuration would it even meet? Criticalthinker (talk) 23:06, 29 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, so "the Council" as defined in the EU is the Council of the European Union council of ministers and not the European Council. It appears both have a nomination role: The European Council nominates/proposes the President of the Commission which the EU Parliament then elections, and the Council (of the EU) - in agreement with the President-elect of the Commission - nominates/proposes the other Commissioners. Then this newly proposed Commission in full is put before a vote of the EU Parliament for consent, and then the European Council votes to officially appoint this new Commission.

So, in summary the Council (of the EU) does play a role, and all sections of this article should be in agreement and make clear the distinction between it and the European Council. Currently, in the "Appointment" subsection the Council (of the EU) is not mentioned, only the European Council, and that needs to be changed since both are involved in the process of appointing the Commission. What remains unclear even from the Treaty is which configuration of the Council (of the EU) proposes the Commissioners. Does anyone know? Can anyone provide a source for this? Criticalthinker (talk) 11:16, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]