24 Amendments of Jaak MADISON related to 2021/0375(COD)
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The Authority should regularly verify that the conditions and requirements relating to the registration of European political parties and European political foundations continue to be met. Decisions relating to the respect for the values on which the Union is founded, as expressed in Article 2 TEU, should only be taken in accordance with a procedure specifically designed to that effect, following consultation of the committee of independent eminent persons established by Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 and of the competent national authorities.
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Where the Authority imposes a sanction on a European political party or foundation [in accordance with the verification procedure], it should take due account of the ne bis in idem principle, whereby sanctions cannot be imposed twice for the same offence. The Authority should also ensure that the principle of legal certainty is respected and that the European political party or European political foundation concerned has been given the opportunity to be heard. An internal appeals system should also be put in place to give the European political party or European political foundation concerned the opportunity to request a review of the decision imposing the sanction and to submit any additional documents.
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) The activities of European political parties and European political foundations should be governed by this Regulation, and, for matters not governed by this Regulation, by the relevant provisions of national law in the Member States. The legal status of a European political party or of a European political foundation should be governed by this Regulation and by the applicable provisions of national law in the Member State where it has its seat ('Member State of the seat'). The Member State of the seat should be able to define ex ante the applicable law or to leave optionality for European political parties and European political foundations. The Member State of the seat should also be able to impose requirements other than, or additional to, those laid down in this Regulation, including provisions on the registration and integration of European political parties and foundations as such into national administrative and control systems and on their organisation and statutes, including on liability, provided that such provisions are not inconsistent with this Regulation.
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) Eligibility for funding from the general budget of the European Union should be limited to European political parties and their affiliated European political foundations that have been recognised as such and have obtained European legal status. While it is crucial to ensure that the conditions applicable to becoming a European political party are not excessive but can readily be met by organised and serious transnational alliances of political parties or natural persons or both, it is also necessary to lay down proportionate criteria in order to allocate limited resources from the general budget of the European Union which criteria objectively reflect the European ambition and genuine electoral support of a European political party. Such criteria are best based on the outcome of elections to the European Parliament, in which the European political parties or their members are required to participate under this Regulation, providing a precise indication of the electoral recognition of a European political party. These should reflect the European Parliament's role of directly representing the Union's citizens, assigned to it by Article 10(2) TEU, as well as the objective for European political parties to participate fully in the democratic life of the Union and to become actors in Europe's representative democracy, in order effectively to express the views, opinions and political will of the citizens of the Union. Eligibility for funding from the general budget of the European Union should therefore be limited to European political parties which are represented in the European Parliament by at least one of their members and to European political foundations which apply through a European political party that is represented in the European Parliament by at least one of its members.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) European political parties and their member parties should lead by example in closing the gender gap in the political domain. If they wish to benefit from EU funding, European political parties should have internal rules promoting gender balance and they should be transparent about the gender balance of their member parties. European political parties should provide evidence on their internal policy onencourage gender balance and on their member parties’ gender representation as regards candidates to and Member of the European Parliament. The European political parties are also encouraged to provide information in relation to their member parties’ on inclusiveness and representation of minorities.
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
Amendment 166 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point j
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point j
(j) its internal rules regarding gender balanceequal opportunities for men and women.
Amendment 180 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) documents proving that the applicant satisfies the conditions laid down in Article 3, including a standard formal declaration in the form set out in Annex I;
Amendment 182 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. TheA standard formal declaration referred to in Article 9(2), point (a), shall be considered sufficient for the Authority to ascertain that the applicant complies with the conditions specified in Article 3(1), points (d) and (e), or Article 3(2), points (c) and (d), whichever is applicable.
Amendment 184 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. If the Authority finds that any of the conditions for registration or governance provisions referred to in paragraph 1, with the exception ofor the conditions in Article 3(1), point (d), and Article 3(2), point (c), are no longer complied with, it shall notify the European political party or foundation concerned.
Amendment 186 #
3. 1. The European Parliament, acting on its own initiative orcompetent national authorities or the European Parliament, following a reasoned request from a group of citizens, submitted in accordance with the relevant provisions of its Rules of Procedure, or the Council or the Commission may lodge with the Authority a request for verification of compliance by a specific European political party or European political foundation with the conditions laid down in Article 3(1), point (d), and Article 3(2), point (c) and with the applicable national law. In such cases, and in the cases referred to in Article 19(3), point (a), the Authority shall ask the committee of independent eminent persons referred to in Article 14 for an opinion on the subject. TOnce the parties concerned have been allowed to exercise their right to be heard, the committee shall give its opinion within two months.
Amendment 188 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4
A decision of the Authority to de-register on grounds of established non-compliance with the conditions set out in Article 3(1), point (d), or Article 3(2), point (c), may only be adopted in the event of manifest and serious breach of those conditions. It shall be subject to the procedure set out in paragraph 4.
Amendment 190 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. A decision of the Authority to de- register a European political party or foundation on the ground of a manifest and seriousn established breach as regards compliance with the conditions set out in Article 3(1), point (d), or Article 3(2), point (c), shall be communicated to the European Parliament and the Council. The decision shall enter into force only if no objection is expressed by the European Parliament and the Council within a period of three months of the communication of the decision to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Authority that they will not object. The European Parliament shall adopt a procedure to enable minority groups to exercise their right to raise objections, adapting their internal rules as necessary. In the event of an objection by the European Parliament and by the Council, the European political party or foundation shall remain registered.
Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
The European Parliament and the Council shall adopt a position in accordance with their respective decision-making rules established in conformity with the Treaties, without prejudice to the above-mentioned right that must be guaranteed for minority groups. Any objection shall be duly reasoned and shall be made public.
Amendment 198 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The committee of independent eminent persons established by Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 shall consist of six members, with the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission each appointing two members. The members of the committee shall be selected on the basis of their personal and professional qualities. They shall neither be members or former members of the European Parliament, the Council or the Commission, nor hold any electoral mandate, be officials or other servants of the European Union, be members of associations or organisations with political ties, or be current or former employees of a European political party or a European political foundation.
Amendment 200 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Article 17 – paragraph 3
3. For matters not regulated by this Regulation or by the applicable provisions pursuant to paragraph 2 or, where matters are only partly regulated by them, for those aspects which are not covered by them, European political parties and European political foundations shall be governed by the provisions of their respective statutes that comply with the constitutional principles of the Member State where they have their seat.
Amendment 206 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 19 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) for any other matter, and when the reasoned request of the Member State concerned confirms that all national remedies have been exhausted, decide to remove the European political party or European political foundation concerned from the Register.
Amendment 218 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 4
Article 21 – paragraph 4
4. A European political party shall include in its application evidence demonstrating its compliance with Article 4(1), point (j), and that its member parties have continuously published on their websites, during 12 months preceding the moment at which the application is made, information on the gender representation among the candidates at the last elections to the European Parliament and on the evolution ofrends in gender representation among their Members of the European Parliament.
Amendment 230 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. For all donations the value of which exceeds EUR 3 01 500, European political parties and European political foundations shall request donors to provide the necessary information for their proper identification. European political parties and European political foundations shall transmit the information received to the Authority upon its request.
Amendment 266 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ix
Article 30 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ix
Amendment 268 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The sanctioned parties shall in all cases have the right to be heard and to access an internal appeals system. The Authority shall ensure that the parties concerned are given the opportunity to be heard and to request a review of its decision, where appropriate receiving from them new documents and exculpatory evidence not previously submitted due to excusable error or for reasons not attributable to them.
Amendment 269 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 6
Article 30 – paragraph 6
6. The sanctions laid down in this Regulation shall be subject to a limitation period of tenfive years from the date of commission of the infringement concerned or, in the case of continuing or repeated infringements, from the date on which those infringements ceased.
Amendment 289 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I
Annex I