The fourth round of inter-institutional negotiations ('trilogue') on the reform of the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) led to an agreement between the European Parliament and the EU Council on Wednesday 12 December 2018.
"Everyone thought it would be an easy dossier, then sensitivities emerged, especially from the Member States," confided a source close to the rapporteur of the text to the Parliament, György Schöpflin (EPP, Hungary).
The fourth and final meeting thus resolved the...