Should the European Commission be dismantled?

No, but it should be democratised

No, but it needs serious reform to make it more democratic

Reformed, not dismantled

No, but it should be restructured

The European Commission is a dinosaur and the EU’s worst enemy. Death by bureaucracy. The European Parliament needs increased powers to become more democratic

I believe how they gain their position needs to change, with national governments have more involvement in who is elected.

More recognition of smaller European countries instead of bigger ones

no but leaders should be elected

don’t care

There should be reform from within to correct the imbalances of power between the European Union governing bodies, without a full dissolution of the organisation as a whole.

I do not have enough information to make a decision

Reform the European Commission

No - review terms

What's this?

No but they should be more transparent

No, but it should be elected

yes but free movement of trade and people should be kept open

I genuinely couldn't care less for the EU Commission.

Powers should be reduced

No, but its powers should be more transparent and accountable.

No, but make the President and Commission directly elected to improve the democratic deficit in the EU.

Again, no government

Yes, the EU is slowly becoming a super state outside of its original values (single trading bloc)

No but allow flexibility in law making with its member states

Make it elected

dunno whatthis means

No, but entirely reformed for less power inequality

Reformed instead

Reformed but not dismantled

No but it does need reform. Onesize does not fit all.

Not dismantled but reformed and made more democratic

It needs reform not dismantling

Needs reform to be more Democratically accountable

Yes, the EU should be fully democratic

No opinion, a matter for member countries of the EU.

More recognition of smaller European countries instead of bigger onea

Don’t know enough

Depends on whether the laws have been considered for all nations.

Each country should be able to make decisions that affect them alone, but where the decision will affect more than 1 country, there should be a higher level.

As long as the European Commission has no authority over the UK, it doesn't matter if it's dismantled or not.

No, but it should be democratized

It should be a wholly elected body.

No, but reformed to be more progressive

Depends on what will replace it...

It needs reforming, not dismantling

No, but they should be reformed

No as long as they become more transparent and democratic in their decision-making

It should be regulated

Yes, it absolutely 100 million per cent should be dismantled.

The following is what the actual EU say on their website in response to someone asking: "Can a complaint be made to the EU Commission?"

"The Commission may decide not to open formal infringement procedure, even if it considers that a breach of EU law has occurred. Certain cases can be dealt with by other mechanisms at EU and national level, which are more appropriate."

Make of that what you will...

Now to explain why they should most definitely be dismantled:

The EU Commission is the EU’s executive body, and…  Read more it 100 per cent true that the Commission President, and the individual Commissioners, are not themselves directly elected by the peoples of Europe. Nor are there any mechanisms actually in place for European citizens to remove members of the EU Commission.

It needs evolving into à more democratic systems

I support democracy and the participatory political vision of the European Commission. I suspect that quite a lot of reform is needed as it seems like there are a lot of ‘multi-polar-traps’ that force the EC into behaving in some not very good ways - as it did with Greece in the 2010s. I certainly would not identify as a Marxist, but it seems like issues of class and power are eroding the likes of the EC too.