She was elected by the European parliament. As an EU citizen, you elect that one.

You vote for a few people from your country to become MEPs. Anything beyond that is out of your control.

	▲	munksbeer 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		> You vote for a few people from your country to become MEPs. Anything beyond that is out of your control. Just like in your country's own elections.

after how many layers of voting does democracy just becomes plain oligarchy?

	▲	fhd2 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		Fair question. I'm personally a big fan of what I believe is called direct democracy - getting the populace to vote on a more fine-grained level and individual issues. Not just generic representatives with a bucket list of stuff they say they do and what you suspect they'll actually do. I admit that the EU level feels quite indirect, but I would still carefully call it democratic.