Masters level - Has the European comm been in decline since the early 1990's

i am trying to write an essay with regards to whether the European Commission has been in political decline since the ealry 1990's. i was going to consider the following For decline - the introduction of co-decision and subsequent reduction in the influence of the comm - Increasing power of the ep (the drive to compensate for the democractic deficit) - issues with regards to maladministration and the resignation of the Santer comm (i.e. public loss of confidence, need for reform) against decline - not overestimating the affect of co-decision - increases in power of have tended to be small and incremental i.e. Commission is now able to bring a member state to the Court of Justice ... click for more