Seriously, I think the lack of control of the population on the Council in combination with the power it wields makes the EU constitution resemble some of the more conservative constitutions of the 19th century. A powerful upper house that is not controllable by the population holds the real power and then there is a parliament as a lower house for the rabble. Then you can ceremoniously blame the rabble every fifth year for not voting.
But second chambers were not included in the charts.
On the other hand if we view the parliaments in the charts as both chambers (if there is more then one) then the EU system resembles the German system or the monarchial systems without the figurehead. Was there a figurehead president in the constitution draft? A vote for PES is a vote for EPP! A vote for EPP is a vote for PES! Support the coalition, vote EPP-PES in 2009!
That was the intention.
the EU system resembles the German system or the monarchial systems without the figurehead.
Personally, I'd love if it would resemble the German system. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
Takes a lot of squinting though. A vote for PES is a vote for EPP! A vote for EPP is a vote for PES! Support the coalition, vote EPP-PES in 2009!
The key point is that the Commission is not a government responsible to the Parliament, just as the Reich Chancellor was not responsible to the Reichstag under the Empire.
