I don't read the any national paper or watch british soaps, my views of the European commission are based on my experience as a farmer and the shear stupidity of the many rules & regulations that get thrown at farmers from the EU.
I would like to point out that I'm not in favour of pulling out of the EU & I am in favour of the EU in principal, what I am against is the way it currently works as its very unfair & biased.
As to the commission guiding policy, that's true in a very broad sense but many policies & new rules / regulations get high jacked & amended by minority groups within the EU commission. Many deals are done behind closed doors to get votes & this is when a minority group gets to flex its muscles a gets amendments or the support to change policies in a different direction which often involves pain for the majority of people.
