Alene mellem 2006 og i dag har Parlamentet ment, at Kommissionen har overskredet sine udøvende beføjelser i mindst 12 tilfælde, men kun i tre af disse har Kommissionen rent faktisk ændret sit forslag til beslutning eller trukket det tilbage.
Merely between 2006 and today, Parliament has felt that the Commission had exceeded its executive competences in at least 12 cases, but only in three of these did the Commission in fact amend or withdraw its draft decision.