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EU: Ombudsman opens investigation to promote transparency of "trilogues"

29 May 2015

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The European Ombudsman, Emily O'Reilly, has opened an investigation into the transparency of "trilogues" with a view to boosting transparent law-making in the EU. Trilogues are informal negotiations between the European Parliament (EP), the Council and the Commission aimed at reaching early agreements on new EU legislation.

See: Ombudsman opens investigation to promote transparency of "trilogues" (pdf, letter to the Council of the European Union)

Also see: Statewatch Analyses: Secret trilogues and the democratic deficit (pdf) and: Abolish 1st [and 2nd] reading secret deals - bring back democracy “warts and all” (pdf)

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