Get facts on the EU straight

YOUR correspondent John Paul O'Driscoll (Irish Examiner, July 19) describes the European Council as an unelected body.

Get facts on the EU straight

This will be news to the Heads of Government of the 15 EU member states, including An Taoiseach, all of whom have been democratically elected by a majority of voters in national elections.

Since they are the elected leaders of EU member states, surely it is both logical and legal for them to take major political decisions together on behalf of the Union and its citizens. Surely, it is also logical that they should have a forum, namely, the European Council.

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