Publishing
key documents related to the informal negotiations known as “trilogues” are
essential to improve transparency in EU law-making, the European Ombudsman has stated. Emily O'Reilly called the
involved institutions (EP, EC and the Council) to make public trilogue
dates and summary agendas;
the positions of both co-legislators on the Commission’s proposal; and the names of the decision-makers
present in trilogue meetings. Trilogues are efficient, allowing 85 percent of laws to
be agreed at an early stage, though it is difficult to find out when they
take place and what is discussed.