Comment by mike_hearn

You won't get such analysis because the EU law making process is (a) mostly secret and (b) doesn't necessarily follow the process laid out in the treaties, making a lot of discussion purely theoretical. This has been a problem for years. The British pushed back when they were members but no longer.

Five days ago:

https://euobserver.com/223533/the-european-unions-culture-of...

The EU is increasingly hiding things from journalists, researchers and members of civil society.

Secrecy has a long tradition in the EU, but the European Commission has clearly limited the publicity of its activities during Ursula von der Leyen’s second presidency.

The commission’s new Rules of Procedure significantly limit what counts as an official document. They authorise withholding and destroying information even after a request for access has been made. The commission has, on flimsy grounds, concealed legal documents and files related to the regulation of technology giants, among other things.

It is now almost impossible to monitor how the EU uses its power, for example, in relation to large platform companies.

The EU never improves. A decade ago the same complaints were being made:

https://euobserver.com/61985/secret-eu-law-making-takes-over...

Secret EU law making reached a high in 2016 that has only been matched once before, according to figures obtained by EUobserver.

The normal process starts with a bill from the European Commission. The bill is then channelled through the European Parliament and the Council of the EU, representing member states.

If no agreement is reached at first reading, a second reading is launched. But according to figures provided by the parliament, not a single bill ended up in a second reading agreement in 2016, only the second time this has happened since EU parliament record keeping began in 2004.

“That is quite astonishing, but it is just a continuation of a trend that we have been seeing for quite a while now,” said Vicky Marissen of Pact European Affairs, a Brussels-based consultancy specialising in EU decision-making procedures.

Second readings are important because they open up the debate to the public at large. Removing this phase means the details are being agreed behind closed doors and people have to rely on insider information to understand what is happening.