由于欧洲议会地位的上升以及欧盟各国政府在巩固自身作为欧盟实际立法者权力并且削弱委员会势力，欧盟委员会几乎以难以察觉地衰落已经将近二十年了。
The institution has been in near-imperceptible decline for almost 20 years, thanks to the rise of the European Parliament and the way EU member governments have whittled away its authority while consolidating their own powers as the EU’s true legislators.