Activities of Marietta GIANNAKOU related to 2010/2201(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Political parties at European level and rules regarding their funding (debate)
Political parties at European level and rules regarding their funding (debate)
Reports (1)
REPORT on the application of Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 on the regulations governing political parties at European level and the rules regarding their funding PDF (192 KB) DOC (105 KB)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas the requirement of adoption of a legal statute for the European political parties and their political foundations based on the law of the European Union is a clear and substantial step towards enhancing democracy within the Union,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas organisational and functional convergence and improving the funding process can be accomplished only by adopting a uniform and common legal European statute for all the European political parties and their political foundations based on the law of the European Union,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital R
Recital R
R. whereas experience with the funding of European political parties and their European political foundations has shown that they need more flexibility with regard to the carry-over of funds to the following financial year and to building up reserves from own resources in excess of the prescribed minimum of their expenditure to be financed from their own funds,
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points out that political parties have rights and responsibilities and should therefore have organisational uniformity; considers that this organisational convergence can be achieved only by establishing a common political, legal and fiscal status for the European political parties and their political foundations;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Is convinced that authentic legal status for the European political parties and a legal personality of their own, based directly on the law of the European Union, will enable the European political parties and their political foundations to act as representative agents of the European public interest;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Emphasises, however, that the funding regime would have to be counterbalanced by providing for sanctions in the Funding Regulation where they are at present missing; considers that such sanctions could take the form of financial penalties in the case of infringement of the rules concerning, for example, the transparency of donations; underlines the necessity of providing the same conditions for building reserves and carry-over funds for both European political parties and their European political foundations;