Definition of the European Commission. "17 unelected, reject politicians, with no accountability to anybody, who are not responsible for raising taxes, just spending money, who are pandered to by a supine Parliament which is also not responsible for raising taxes!" Nicholas Ridley, Ex-Conservative Minister WHAT'S THE SET UP? - In the 1999 EU elections UK voters can only vote for one party (with some names on a list). Undemocratic but who cares! This vastly expensive European Parliament only has power to "advise and consult" the European Commission. (Commissioner Franz Fischler, asked how much notice the Commission would take of the...