英语翻译3.2Violation of informal rulesTheCommission was mainly w

英语翻译3.2Violation of informal rulesTheCommission was mainly weakened by the accusation of mismanagement and by thealleged abuse of power in office by at least two Commissioners.Another majorfactor was,however,the violation of informal codes of conduct by someCommissioners,which undermined the principle of collective responsibility.Accordingto this principle,the Commission's decisions are supposed to be reachedjointly and to be externally represented and justified in unison.Therequirement to take a united stance as in the case of a parliamentary bill,forinstance,cannot take away the fact that some Commissioners may have beenoutvoted in the college of Commissioners.The EU's northern enlargement hasincreased the number of Commissioners from 17 to 20,which means that more Commissionersthan before (nine in actual fact) can be outvoted