Activities of Rainer WIELAND related to 2021/2018(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Statute and funding of European political parties and foundations (debate)
Statute and funding of European political parties and foundations (debate)
Reports (1)
REPORT on the application of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 on the statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations
Amendments (21)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas strong political parties and foundations at European level are essential for the development of a truly European public sphere;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas European political parties contribute to forming European political awareness and to expressing the will of citizens of the Union;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
A c. whereas alternative political positions of the parties are essential for the public discourse and for citizen´s choice;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
A d. whereas parties cannot be considered as non-partisan entities in the course of political competition and their financing cannot be reduced on apolitical expenses;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
A e. whereas European political foundations have a mandate which encompasses raising political awareness for and contributing to the debate on European policy issues and on the process of European integration, and within this framework they develop also offerings that are not exclusively directed at the members or voters of a particular party, but are open to everyone on the same terms;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas European political parties and foundations should cooperate with their national member parties and partners, in order to support them in bringing the Union and its policies closer to the citizens;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas European political parties should cooperate with their corresponding national counterpart in order to facilitate interactive participation on European issues;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas in order to continue to be aware of, and to give expression to and where appropriate to mould the will of Union citizens, it is essential that the role and functioning of European political parties and foundations are not limited concerning issues of exclusively European relevance at Union level; whereas those European political parties and foundations should be allowed to use their funds accordingly;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines the need to make the definition of indirect funding from European political parties and foundations to national counterparts and members more precise in order to avoid hampering their required cooperation in promoting and explaining European policies, as well as their engagement with European´s citizens;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 11 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Regrets the narrow interpretation, established by the case-law, of the definition of members of a European political party or foundation and insists on allowing the affiliation of members from candidate countries for accession to the Union, from the European Economic Area and the European Free Trade Association, from EU neighbourhood countries, and from former Member States, from which membership fees and contributions from members of the European political foundations might be legally collected;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Considers that a clear set of rules and conditions should be established for the joint organisation and co-financing of activities concerning European issues by European political parties and foundations and national member parties, as well as underlining the ability of European political foundations to invite politically active representatives and staffers of political parties to their events;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Supports the creation of further categories of revenue, in order to cover all sources of income of political parties and political foundations rather than just contributions and donations, for example "other own ressources" which includes contributions from joint activities, conference fees, sales of publications, participation fees or similar circumstances and other activities;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Is of the opinion that the introduction of a general obligation to report publicly on any donation received regardless of its value would make any external influences on European political parties more transparentstrengthened scrutiny by the Authority of reported aggregate donations over 3000 € would make substantial / significant external influences on European political parties more transparent; the Authority should focus such scrutiny to cases where it observes significant and sudden increases in the aggregate number of small donations;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Is, moreover, of the opinion that in order to strengthen the transparency of funding, donations by the same donor to a European political party, its national member parties and their regional substructures should be considered to be a single donation and subject to publication by the European political party; the reporting threshold a single donation could be set at 10 000 €;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26 a. Is furthermore of the opinion that suitable instruments must be in place by the financial year 2027 at the latest to ensure that donations are not made to legally independent entities which are part of the same European political party in order to circumvent transparency rules, which in their entirety would otherwise exceed the transparency limits;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26 b. Advocates to ensure that, by the calendar year 2027, any donation made by a donor to a European political party is equal under tax law as donations made to national political parties at the donor´s respective place of residence;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Is of the opinion that the rules on eligibility of expenditure are too narrow and that European political parties and foundations should be allowed to finance any activity which contributes to increasing European political awareness and giving expression to the will of Union citizens;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Is of the opinion that the hybrid status of the Authority should be clarified and a possibility to appeal the Authority´s decisions should be provided: given that under the current regulation, the only way of appealing is before the Court of Justice of the European Union;