Transparency of EU informal trilogues through public feedback in the European Parliament
Promise Unfulfilled
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7880463 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gijs Jan Brandsma (0000-0002-0631-4786, Utrecht University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 1464-1483 |
| Publication date | 2019-10-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of European Public Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1350-1763 • E-ISSN: 1466-4429 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13501763.2018.1528295 |
| OpenAlex | W2896003638 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 28 |
| References cited | 38 |
Significant parts of the EU’s legislative process remain shrouded in secrecy. In informal trilogues, representatives of the three main institutions negotiate compromises behind closed doors which are subsequently rubber-stamped in public meetings. While most research on (EU) transparency focuses on the availability of documents, this article investigates how much information on trilogue proceedings is shared with the general public through European Parliament (EP) committee meetings as the only forum to which public account must be rendered during the negotiation process. This article analyses the degree to which trilogues are reported back on, and the quality of feedback provided. Although the EP requires its trilogue negotiators to report back to its committees after each trilogue, the majority of trilogues is not reported back on at all, or not in time. Where feedback is given, its quality is often only poor. The EP thus does not deliver on its promises, which seriously undermines the legitimacy of the EU’s legislative process
Business · Legislative process · Legislature · Legitimacy · Negotiation · Parliament · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Quality (philosophy · Secrecy · Transparency (behavior · European Union Policy and Governance · International Arbitration and Investment Law · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration
European Blame Games
The Commission and the Council Presidency in the European Union
Understanding Transparency Failures
Informal negotiations in EU legislative decision-making
Preparatory Bodies as Mediators of Political Conflict in Trilogues
A New Research Agenda
Talkin’ ‘bout a Negotiation
In the Shadow of Public Opinion
La transparence n’a rien changé ! » Négociations et mise en œuvre de la transparence au Conseil de l’Union européenne
The persistent dilemma of supranational representation. Framing the weakness of the European Parliament’s representative function in light of the rise of Euroscepticism
When the EU Council responds to public opinion
Subsidiarity watchdogs and the kennel of trilogues
Administrative and judicial oversight of trilogues
Democratic accountability regimes, populism, and transparency in the European Parliament
He who controls the process controls the outcome? A reappraisal of the relais actor thesis
Enduring consensus
Democracy Versus Diplomacy? The Involvement of External Actors in Trilogue Negotiations
Transparency and the efficiency of multi-actor decision-making processes
Eurosceptics in trilogue settings
Legislative Transparency in the European Parliament
Not so independent? The effect of Commissioners’ attributes on EU member states’ bargaining success
Trilogues in Council
Balancing seclusion and inclusion
Opening up by closing off
Inside the black box of trilogues
Agency slack as cause of deviation in trilogue negotiations
The role of organised interests in shaping Croatia's negotiating positions in the Council of the EU
Resilience of the EU ETS to contextual disturbance
The Wrong Kind of Transparency
Varieties of Transparency
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Analysing and Assessing Accountability
Controlling Comitology
Secrecy, Efficiency, Transparency in EU Negotiations
From Access to Documents to Consumption of Information
Transparency Watchdog
Integration without transparency’? Reliance on the space to think in the European Council and Council
The Roles Bureaucrats Play’
Assessing Government Transparency
The Effect of Transparency on Trust in Government
Codecision and Its Discontents
The Pursuit of Legitimacy as a Key Driver for Public Engagement
The European Parliament as a developing legislature
Composite democracy in Europe
Controlling delegated powers in the post-Lisbon European Union
Who Decides in the Council of the European Union
The nexus of bicameralism
Co-decision after Lisbon
Years of Transparency Research
Is informal politics undemocratic? Trilogues, early agreements and the selection model of representation
The democratic legitimacy of codecision
The consequences of concluding codecision early
The culture of trilogues
Input and output legitimacy
Codecision since Amsterdam
Transparency and the EU Legislator
Concluding Early Agreements in the EU
Open-Door or Closed-Door? Transparency in Domestic and International Bargaining
Interorganizational Negotiation and Intraorganizational Power in Shared Decision Making
Does transparency strengthen legitimacy
| Unique citing works | 28 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 28 |