The treaty further provides that the most recent European elections should be "taken into account" when appointing the Commission, although the President is still proposed by the European Council; the European Parliament "elects" the Commission, rather than "approves" it as under the Treaty of Nice.
Traktaten dikterer herudover at der bør tages hensyn til de seneste europæiske valg når Kommissionen udpeges, omend kommissionsformanden stadig foreslås af Det Europæiske Råd; EU-Parlamentet "vælger" Kommissionen snarere end "godkender" den som under Nice-traktaten.