On Thursday, 17 January, by a very large majority, the European Parliament approved the recommendations made by the European Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly, to improve the transparency and accountability of Member States in the legislative work carried out in the EU Council.
In March 2017, Ms O’Reilly launched an enquiry into the transparency of legislative work undertaken in the preparatory bodies of the EU Council. To do so, she analysed Council practices by inspecting their internal...