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IKR!
The EU Parliament cannot initiate a bill, amend a bill, or actually even vote a bill into action! They're there to witness... that's abut it. "Take this tripe to the populous!"
The Commission initiates bills, but the Parliament votes and amends them. Why would the EU have a parliament otherwise?
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Without googling... seriously, how many EU presidents are there? Currently? How were they elected? Clue... they were not.
They were chosen by either the Parliament or the Council, and those are democratically elected bodies (directly and indirectly respectively).