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DRAFT REPORT (COM(2021)0734 – C90432/2021 – 2021/0375(COD))

On the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations (recast)

AFCO-PR-719606

Committee on Constitutional Affairs · Rapporteur: Charles Goerens, Rainer Wieland

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This draft report proposes amendments to the Commission's recast regulation on the statute and funding of European political parties and foundations. It revises rules on registration, de-registration, funding, and transparency. The amendments introduce new procedures for verifying compliance with EU values and national law, adjust funding rules, and clarify the roles of the Authority and the European Parliament.

Committee position. The rapporteur proposes to amend the Commission's proposal, introducing new procedures for de-registration based on EU values and national law, and adjusting funding and transparency rules.

Key points

  1. Defines 'ancillary own resources' as income from own economic activities, such as conference fees and sales of publications.
  2. Requires member parties to publish on their websites information on gender representation among candidates at the last European elections and among their MEPs.
  3. Deletes the obligation for member states to designate national regulatory authorities for supervising political advertisements.
  4. Sets deadlines for notifying the Authority of changes to statutes and lists of member parties, including by 30 September each year.
  5. Introduces new Articles 11a and 11b for verification of compliance with EU values and national law, with procedures for de-registration.
  6. Consolidates de-registration grounds in Article 19, including non-compliance with registration conditions, governance provisions, and exclusion situations.
  7. Clarifies that a European political foundation is removed from the Register if its affiliated party is removed.
  8. Adjusts funding rules: removes logo and gender balance as funding criteria, and allows direct membership for MEPs not affiliated to a national party.
  9. Increases the allowed share of contributions from member parties outside the EU from 10% to 20% of total contributions.
  10. Specifies that EU funding cannot be used for other political entities, including parties from non-EU countries.
  11. Clarifies that the Authority recovers amounts related to financial sanctions and that the European Parliament withdraws funding decisions with future or retroactive effect in certain cases.

Who is affected

  • European political parties and foundations: subject to new registration, de-registration, and funding rules.
  • Member states: no longer need to designate national regulatory authorities for political advertisements.
  • Individual members of European political parties: contributions above EUR 1,500 may be published unless consent is withheld.

Figures and deadlines

  • Deadline of 30 September for sending updated list of member parties to the Authority.
  • Two months to notify changes that might affect registration conditions.
  • One month for the party or foundation to submit observations on deregistration grounds.
  • Two months for the committee of independent eminent persons to give its opinion.
  • Three months for the European Parliament and Council to object to a de-registration decision.
  • Contributions from member parties outside the EU limited to 20% of total contributions from members.
  • Ancillary own resources limited to 5% of the budget generated by contributions.

Legal basis: Article 294(2) and Article 224 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union