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.