It is a session of a conference which all members of all parties are to attend.

It is a status for international NGOs that are represented at European level.

It is a term used by people who argue that the EU institutions and their decision-making procedures suffer from a lack of democracy and seem inaccessible to the ordinary citizen due to their complexity.

It is a summary of the state of an issue, the reasons for a decision agreed on, etc.

It is a process of collective decision making that combines elements from both direct and representative democracy.