The Commission's independency is key to the institutional set-up of the EU.

1.What is the role of the Commission in the European legislative process?

2.Why the Commission's independency is important?

3.Several arrangements/rules provided for in the Treaties (Treaty on European Union, Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union) and/or other relevant documents contribute to this goal, i.e. the Commission's independency. Give one example for such arrangement and explain