If there is one thing that those representing the EU say they want citizens to do, it is to be interested and get involved in EU lawmaking.
"Act, react, impact," is one of the European Parliament's slogans.
But if we imagine such an engaged citizen, we see that the three main EU institutions are not making it easy for her or him.
In particular the secretive 'trilogue' talks between those institutions are an enormous obstacle for those citizens that try to act on, react to, ...
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