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Considers that to ask for the","submission of \u2018annual work programmes\u2019","as a precondition for funding is","inappropriate for political parties; points","out, moreover, that such a requirement","does not exist in any Member State of the","Union;"],"old":["24. Points out that the activities of a","political party cannot be programmed","over a lengthy period, since it has to react","constantly to changing situations;","considers that to ask for the submission of","\u2018annual work programmes\u2019 as a","precondition for funding is in these","circumstances an unnecessary","bureaucratic burden which should be","removed from the funding regime; points","out, moreover, that such a requirement","does not exist in any Member State of the","Union;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE460.695v01-00","reference":"2010/2201(INI)","seq":"86","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-460.695+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Andrew Duff","changes":{},"committee":["AFCO"],"date":"2011-03-03T00:00:00","id":"PE460.695-87","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 26"]],"meps":[4514],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:54:04"},"new":["deleted"],"old":["26. Points out that the Financial","Regulation stipulates that grants \u2018may not","finance the entire operating expenditure","of the beneficiary body\u2019; observes that","respecting this rule is especially difficult","for foundations and leads to evasive","bookkeeping techniques (for example","\u2018contributions in kind\u2019); points out that","almost none of the funding schemes in","Member States require partial self-","financing, as this may disadvantage","smaller or recently established parties;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE460.695v01-00","reference":"2010/2201(INI)","seq":"87","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-460.695+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Enrique Guerrero Salom, Matthias Groote","changes":{},"committee":["AFCO"],"date":"2011-03-03T00:00:00","id":"PE460.695-88","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 27"]],"meps":[96768,34728],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:54:04"},"new":["27. Points out that European political","parties should not be required to","demonstrate co-financing resources, to","further enhance the development of the","European political parties;"],"old":["27. Points out that the independent","resources that the European political","parties are required to demonstrate could","be reduced to 10 %, to further enhance the","development of the European political","parties; at the same time, believes that","their own resources in the form of","physical resources should not exceed","7.5 %;sources should not exceed 7.5 %;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE460.695v01-00","reference":"2010/2201(INI)","seq":"88","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-460.695+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Luis Y\u00e1\u00f1ez-Barnuevo Garc\u00eda","changes":{},"committee":["AFCO"],"date":"2011-03-03T00:00:00","id":"PE460.695-89","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 27"]],"meps":[28278],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:54:04"},"new":["27. Points out that the independent","resources that the European political","parties are required to demonstrate could","be reduced to 5%, to further enhance the","development of the European political","parties; at the same time, believes that their","own resources in the form of physical","resources should not exceed 7.5 %;"],"old":["27. Points out that the independent","resources that the European political","parties are required to demonstrate could","be reduced to 10 %, to further enhance the","development of the European political","parties; at the same time, believes that their","own resources in the form of physical","resources should not exceed 7.5 %;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE460.695v01-00","reference":"2010/2201(INI)","seq":"89","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-460.695+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Alexander Graf Lambsdorff","changes":{},"committee":["AFCO"],"date":"2011-03-03T00:00:00","id":"PE460.695-90","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 28 a (new)"]],"meps":[28242],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:54:04"},"new":["28a. 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The Committee on\n Constitutional Affairs adopted the report drafted by Marietta GIANNAKOU (EPP,\n EL) on the application of Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 on the regulations governing\n political parties at European level and the rules regarding their funding.
The committee recalls\n that the Treaty on European Union states that ‘political parties at European\n level contribute to forming European political awareness and to expressing\n the will of citizens of the Union’. The Treaty of\n Lisbon provides for this role of the political parties and their foundations\n with a view to creating a European polis, a political space at EU level, and\n a European democracy. However, European political parties, as they stand, are\n not in a position to play this role to the full because they are merely\n umbrella organisations for national parties and not directly in touch with\n the electorate in the Member States.
In this context, Members point out that political parties have rights, obligations and\n responsibilities and should therefore follow converging general\n organisational patterns. They are convinced that authentic legal\n status for the European political parties and a legal personality of\n their own, based directly on the law of the European Union, will enable the European\n political parties and their political foundations to act as representative\n agents of the European public interest. The European political parties should\n interact and compete on matters relating to common European challenges and\n the European Union and its development at three levels: regionally,\n nationally and at European level.
The Parliament should\n therefore, request the Commission to propose a draft statute for European political\n parties in accordance with Article 225 of the Treaty on the Functioning of\n the European Union.
Members point out\n that the award of funding and the closure of the accounts of the\n European political parties and foundations are bureaucratic and cumbersome\n procedures. They consider that this stems to a great extent from the fact\n that funding payments are regarded as ‘grants’ within the meaning of the\n Financial Regulation, which is appropriate for the funding of projects or\n associations, but not for parties.
In addition, the\n committee presents a series of additional reform proposals:
Lastly, Members note\n that European political parties should have the right to participate in referendum\n campaigns as long as the subject of the referendum has a direct link with\n issues concerning the European Union.
\nThe European Parliament adopted by 560\n votes to 93, with 22 abstentions, a resolution on the application of\n Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 on the regulations governing political parties\n at European level and the rules regarding their funding.
The resolution recalls that the Treaty on\n European Union states that ‘political parties at European level contribute to\n forming European political awareness and to expressing the will of citizens\n of the Union’. The Treaty of Lisbon provides for this role of the political\n parties and their foundations with a view to creating a European polis, a\n political space at EU level, and a European democracy. However, European\n political parties, as they stand, are not in a position to play this role to\n the full because they are merely umbrella organisations for national parties\n and not directly in touch with the electorate in the Member States.
In this context, Parliament points out\n that political parties have rights, obligations and responsibilities and\n should therefore follow converging general organisational patterns. It\n is convinced that authentic legal status for the European political\n parties and a legal personality of their own, based directly on the law\n of the European Union, will enable the European political parties and their\n political foundations to act as representative agents of the European public\n interest. The European political parties should interact and compete on\n matters relating to common European challenges and the European Union and its\n development at three levels: regionally, nationally and at European level.
Members consider that it is of the utmost\n importance for European political parties to be efficient and productive at\n EU and national level and beyond.
The Parliament should therefore, requests\n the Commission to propose a draft statute for European political parties\n in accordance with Article 225 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the\n European Union.
Members point out that the award of\n funding and the closure of the accounts of the European political parties and\n foundations are bureaucratic and cumbersome procedures. They consider that\n this stems to a great extent from the fact that funding payments are regarded\n as ‘grants’ within the meaning of the Financial Regulation, which is\n appropriate for the funding of projects or associations, but not for parties.
In addition, the committee presents a\n series of additional reform proposals:
Lastly, the resolution underlines that it\n is prohibited for European political to use the sums received for financing\n ‘referendum campaigns’. Members note that European political parties should\n have the right to participate in referendum campaigns as long as the subject\n of the referendum has a direct link with issues concerning the European\n Union.
\nThe Committee on\n Constitutional Affairs adopted the report drafted by Marietta GIANNAKOU (EPP,\n EL) on the application of Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 on the regulations governing\n political parties at European level and the rules regarding their funding.
The committee recalls\n that the Treaty on European Union states that ‘political parties at European\n level contribute to forming European political awareness and to expressing\n the will of citizens of the Union’. The Treaty of\n Lisbon provides for this role of the political parties and their foundations\n with a view to creating a European polis, a political space at EU level, and\n a European democracy. However, European political parties, as they stand, are\n not in a position to play this role to the full because they are merely\n umbrella organisations for national parties and not directly in touch with\n the electorate in the Member States.
In this context, Members point out that political parties have rights, obligations and\n responsibilities and should therefore follow converging general\n organisational patterns. They are convinced that authentic legal\n status for the European political parties and a legal personality of\n their own, based directly on the law of the European Union, will enable the European\n political parties and their political foundations to act as representative\n agents of the European public interest. The European political parties should\n interact and compete on matters relating to common European challenges and\n the European Union and its development at three levels: regionally,\n nationally and at European level.
The Parliament should\n therefore, request the Commission to propose a draft statute for European political\n parties in accordance with Article 225 of the Treaty on the Functioning of\n the European Union.
Members point out\n that the award of funding and the closure of the accounts of the\n European political parties and foundations are bureaucratic and cumbersome\n procedures. They consider that this stems to a great extent from the fact\n that funding payments are regarded as ‘grants’ within the meaning of the\n Financial Regulation, which is appropriate for the funding of projects or\n associations, but not for parties.
In addition, the\n committee presents a series of additional reform proposals:
Lastly, Members note\n that European political parties should have the right to participate in referendum\n campaigns as long as the subject of the referendum has a direct link with\n issues concerning the European Union.
\nThe European Parliament adopted by 560\n votes to 93, with 22 abstentions, a resolution on the application of\n Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 on the regulations governing political parties\n at European level and the rules regarding their funding.
The resolution recalls that the Treaty on\n European Union states that ‘political parties at European level contribute to\n forming European political awareness and to expressing the will of citizens\n of the Union’. The Treaty of Lisbon provides for this role of the political\n parties and their foundations with a view to creating a European polis, a\n political space at EU level, and a European democracy. However, European\n political parties, as they stand, are not in a position to play this role to\n the full because they are merely umbrella organisations for national parties\n and not directly in touch with the electorate in the Member States.
In this context, Parliament points out\n that political parties have rights, obligations and responsibilities and\n should therefore follow converging general organisational patterns. It\n is convinced that authentic legal status for the European political\n parties and a legal personality of their own, based directly on the law\n of the European Union, will enable the European political parties and their\n political foundations to act as representative agents of the European public\n interest. The European political parties should interact and compete on\n matters relating to common European challenges and the European Union and its\n development at three levels: regionally, nationally and at European level.
Members consider that it is of the utmost\n importance for European political parties to be efficient and productive at\n EU and national level and beyond.
The Parliament should therefore, requests\n the Commission to propose a draft statute for European political parties\n in accordance with Article 225 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the\n European Union.
Members point out that the award of\n funding and the closure of the accounts of the European political parties and\n foundations are bureaucratic and cumbersome procedures. They consider that\n this stems to a great extent from the fact that funding payments are regarded\n as ‘grants’ within the meaning of the Financial Regulation, which is\n appropriate for the funding of projects or associations, but not for parties.
In addition, the committee presents a\n series of additional reform proposals:
Lastly, the resolution underlines that it\n is prohibited for European political to use the sums received for financing\n ‘referendum campaigns’. Members note that European political parties should\n have the right to participate in referendum campaigns as long as the subject\n of the referendum has a direct link with issues concerning the European\n Union.
\n