Trílogos y transparencia: el asunto De Capitani y nuevos desafíos en el informal law making europeo

• Guillem Carrau, Javier ^[1]
  1. [1] Letrado de las Cortes Valencianas en servicios especiales
• Localización: Cuadernos Constitucionales, ISSN-e 2660-9231, Nº. 6, 2025, págs. 109-130
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.7203/cc.6.31232
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Trilogues and transparency: the De Capitani case and new challenges in European informal law-making
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  • español

    El asunto De Capitani ha tenido un impacto en términos de publicidad y transparencia en la práctica de los trílogos, que se han convertido en el método más habitual de legislar el Derecho de la UE y, de hecho, se configuran en el punto de encuentro institucional que ha permitido adoptar el 86 por ciento de la legislación ordinaria de la UE durante la IX Legislatura del Parlamento Europeo. En la presente publicación se identifican sus características esenciales y se analiza el impacto del asunto De Capitani con la finalidad de comprender los desafíos institucionales que siguen planteando en la actualidad.

  • English

    The De Capitani case has had an impact in terms of publicity and transparency in the practice of trilogues. This practice has become the most common method of legislating EU law, and in fact, it has become the institutional meeting point that has allowed the adoption of 86 percent of the EU’s ordinary legislation during the 9th European Parliament legislature. In this publication, we identify its essential characteristics and the impact of the De Capitani case to understand the institutional challenges that continue to arise today.

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