I believe “620” became a shorthand within the EU Council’s legal service for a family of last-minute, politically toxic edits that were never meant to survive in final law. They were trial balloons, back-channel concessions, or worst-case contingencies—written, negotiated, and then erased from the formal record to preserve the illusion of clean legislation.
But erasure is not the same as non-existence. compromis 620
The question isn’t whether it was real. The question is: What did it almost let happen? If you have primary source documentation or a verified EU document reference for Compromis 620, contact this blog via encrypted channel. Until then, treat every “leak” with skepticism—but keep watching the footnotes. I believe “620” became a shorthand within the