Well....yeah.
The EU is a political and economic union comprising 27 member states in Europe, focused on promoting peace, stability, and prosperity through shared policies on trade, agriculture, fisheries, regional development, travel, security, etc.
The EU acts like a Senate/House.
The European Commission is one of the EU's main institutions and serves as its executive branch (same as the US version of the executive branch).
The Commission is politically independent and consists of 27 Commissioners (one from each member state), led by a President.
The Commission's primary roles include proposing new EU legislation (it has the exclusive right to initiate laws in most areas), implementing EU policies and decisions, managing the EU budget, enforcing EU law (such as by taking legal action against member states or companies that violate treaties), and representing the EU in international negotiations.
And yes.....the Commission drives the legislative agenda.
Each Commissioner selected by the member-state....for nomination, and there are hearings to approve/dis-approve the candidate. The EU at the end of the process...has a vote, and approves the list or disapproves the list.
If a member country sent up a candidate that the EU doesn't like? They (the other 26 member states, or a majority) would block the guy/gal.
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