The long night of trilogues

Trilog ETS Timmermans Bloss Liese — With tired eyes at two o’clock in the morning – the negotiators from the EU Parliament, Council and Commission have agreed on the reform of the European Emissions Trading System.

Trilogue agreements are often concluded in the middle of the night or even in the early morning hours before sunrise. Technically, these working hours are neither healthy nor natural. For us journalists and the publication cycle of Europe.Table, this is sometimes quite complicated.

Statistically, most people are most productive early in the morning. Of course, there are also chronotypically nocturnal owls – but their numbers are limited. So one would also assume that concentrated work, constructiveness and the ability to compromise are more likely earlier in the day. Lack of sleep is known to put people in a bad mood.

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