7 Amendments of Olivier CHASTEL related to 2021/0375(COD)
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) In order to enhance cooperation with long-standing members sharing EU values, contributions from member parties having their seat in a country outside the Union but in the Council of Europe, should be allowed. However, such contributions should be subject to a cap in relation to total contribution, to limit the risk of foreign interference. The above contributions should be subject to monitoring and control of the purpose of these donations and proving an absence of politically motivated interference, including indirect interference, of non- democratic third countries.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40 a (new)
Recital 40 a (new)
(40a) To guarantee an efficient use of funds, a European political party should be allowed during the European Parliament election campaign to use its logo and name simultaneously to the logo and name of the corresponding group in the European Parliament according to what the European political party decides. The costs that arise should be possible to be financed by the European political party during the European Parliament election campaign.
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) European political parties should not fund, directly or indirectly, other political parties and, in particular, national parties or candidates. European political foundations should not fund, directly or indirectly, European or national politicand foundations should not use the funding received from the general budget of the Union for the sole benefit , directly or indirectly, of other political parties and, in particular, national, parties or candidates. The prohibition of indirect funding should however not prevent European political parties or political foundations from publicly supporting and engaging with their member parties or member organisations in the Union on issues of relevance for the Union, or tofrom supporting political activities in the common interest, or from engaging in educational activities, in order to be able to fulfil their mission under Article 10(4) TEU and act to reinforce the existence of the European demos. The prohibition of indirect funding should not prevent the participation of either representatives and staffers of political parties, nor of potentially politically active persons in events of European political foundations. Moreover, European political parties and their affiliated European political foundations should only finance activities in the context of national referendum campaigns when they concern the implementation of the TEU and the TFEU issues directly related to the Union. These principles reflect Declaration No 11 on Article 191 of the Treaty establishing the European Community annexed to the Final Act of the Treaty of Nice.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50
Recital 50
(50) It is necessary to establish a common repository for the disclosures of European political parties. Given its specific role in the implementation of this Regulation, the Authority should establish and manage such repository as a part of the Registry for European political parties. The information contained in the repository should be transmitted by European Political Parties to the Authority using a standard format and may be automated. European political parties should make available in the Authority’s repository information to enable the wider context and objectives of the political advertisement and its aims to be understood. The information on the amount allocated to political advertising in the context of a specific campaign to be included in the repository may be based on an estimated allocation of funding. The amounts to be mentioned in the repository realistic estimation of funding and the actual amounts, once known. The amounts to be mentioned in the repository regarding information on political advertising, include donations for specific purposes or, benefits in kind, contributions and their own resources.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
(10) ‘indirect funding’ means funding from which the member party derives a financial advantage, even where no funds are directly transferred; this should include cases which allow the member party to avoid expenditure which it would otherwise have had to incur for activities, other than political activities in the common interest, organised for its own and sole benefit; this shall also include trainings and seminars for individual members which in case of being elected or appointed to a public position do not have to partially or fully compensate retrospectively for the training received previously; this shall also apply to individual members who after having been elected or appointed to a public position do not have the obligation in front of their member party to pay a regular salary share related to their election or appointment, as well as any membership tax or any other way that might come as a compensation for the individual member's election or nomination in a public function on behalf of the party;
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. For all donations the value of whichnon-recurring donations exceeding EUR 3000 and all recurring donations during a timeframe of 12 consecutive months exceedsing EUR 3000, 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 requestThis identification shall give information about the personal and business environment of the donor in order to avoid the absence of control over donations executed by members belonging to the same personal or professional sphere, such as donations coming from the same family or the same work organisation.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. The funding of European political foundations from the general budget of the European Union or from any other source shall not be used for any other purpose than for financing their tasks as listed in Article 2, point (4), and to meet expenditure directly linked to the objectives set out in their statutes in accordance with Article 6. It shall in particular not be used for the direct or indirect funding of elections, political parties, or candidates or other foundations, other than political activities in the common interest of European and national parties and capacity building to support the formation of future political leadership in the Union.