Rapid adoption of legislative acts is often mentioned as one of trilogues’ main advantages, with most agreements now being reached at first reading. During the eighth legislative term (2014-2019), there were more first-reading agreements than ever (89 %), due to the co-legislators’ ability to reach agreement in trilogue negotiations. This high proportion continued in the ninth legislative term, with 86 % of proposals adopted at first reading. The remaining 14 % were adopted at early second reading, with, therefore, a slight increase (from 10 % to 14 %) in files adopted at early second reading in comparison to the eighth term. Third readings of proposed legislation had fallen entirely out of use by the eighth term. And standard second readings have also become the exception.
The Activity Report covering the 2019-2024 (ninth) term confirms that trilogue remains the preferred framework to reach agreement on a Commission proposal, with 973 trilogue meetings taking place during the term. In the same period, Parliament saw an increasing number of files concluded without trilogue, compared to the previous term. In the eighth term, 28 of the 401 OLP files were agreed without trilogue. In the ninth term, 118 of the 415 OLP files were concluded without trilogue. The increased number of procedures completed without trilogue is explained by the more frequent use of the urgent legislative procedure, as well as the practice of concluding files without negotiations in codification of an act.
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