I learned the political structure of the European Union in school, several times, once in middle school, once in high shool, with many repetitions in between. If you haven't learned you might either be older than me (I'm near thirty) or the education system in your country has worse issues than mine, or just not interested in Wikipedia ?
This is an absurd big lie which is so often repeated. Germany has great influence because it pays so much for the EU but all member states have the veto...