Overall , it is hard to disagree with Priestley ’ s judgement that ‘ however tortuous the process … Parliament eventually found the means to impose accountability on the Commission , which had yet to come to terms with the significance of its relations with a body which derived its higher legitimacy from direct universal suffrage ’ 12 .
12 . J . Priestley , Six Battles that shaped Europe ’ s Parliament , 2008 , John Harper , London , p . 201 .
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