Sentence examples of "сводит на нет" in Russian with translation "whittle away"

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Организация находилась в процессе практически незаметного упадка на протяжении почти двадцати лет, благодаря возникновению Европейского парламента, и тому, как правительства стран-членов Европейского Союза свели на нет авторитет организации, укрепляя собственную власть в качестве истинных законодателей ЕС. 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.
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