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What happens behind closed doors in the secret EU meetings? (Photo: europarl.europa.eu)

Ombudsman takes aim at EU's secret law-making

The European Ombudsman has opened an investigation into the secret meetings between European institutions to shape laws, known as trilogues.

Trilogues have become the main tool by which EU legislation comes about, but they take place behind closed doors with very little public information about the negotiation process.

In a letter to the EU institutions, Ombudsman Emily O'Reilly wrote th...

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