translate English to French: Representatives are indeed elected, but I would challenge the House to name a Member State of the European Union in which elected institutions exercise real control over the police and the army hierarchy, or a State where the population as a whole exercises such control, which is far more important.
On élit des représentants, mais quel est l'État de l'Union européenne où les institutions élues et, à plus forte raison, l'ensemble de la population exercent un contrôle réel sur la police et sur la hiérarchie de l'armée ?