"Three-way talks between the major European institutions to broker deals on EU law face being investigated over their lack of transparency by the blocs maladministration watchdog." See the article: Secretive 'trialogue' talks to agree EU
“Three-way talks between the major European institutions to broker deals on EU law face being investigated over their lack of transparency by the blocs maladministration watchdog.”
See the article: Secretive ‘trialogue’ talks to agree EU law face investigation (euractiv, link)
And see: Statewatch Analyses by Tony Bunyan: Abolish 1st [and 2nd] reading secret deals – bring back democracy warts and all (pdf) and: Secret trilogues and the democratic deficit (pdf): “Under a new agreement between the Council and the European Parliament the efficiency of decision -making is enhanced at the expense of transparency, openness and accountability”