7 Amendments of Monika HOHLMEIER related to 2021/2018(INI)
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Notes that all major political parties and foundations have pointed to an unnecessary bureaucratic burden of the status quo which requires them to deliver their accounts in two formats; requests the suppression of the obligation to submit the parties’ and foundations’ accounts according to the International Financial Reporting Standards, supplementary to the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles; emphasises that the IFRS are intended and adequate for large profit-oriented global companies and are therefore not fit for the accounts of European political parties and foundations, which do not have a seat in one Member State, are not listed at any stock exchange and are not profit- oriented;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Is in favour of raising transparency in the financing of European political parties and foundations by creating an obligation of the European Parliament to publish the annual financial statements of the parties and foundations received by them;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5 d. Proposes to submit expenditure of European political parties and foundations to a mechanism of self control accompanied by an internal audit system, an external auditor, the European Court of Auditors and the control by the public;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5 e. Welcomes the idea to base the distribution of the EU funds on the number of votes collected by the European political party in the last European elections, taking into account the consideration that possible under- allocations compared to the current legal/regulatory framework do not have disruptive and distortive effects in the run-up to the 2024 elections
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Is of the opinion that the introduction of a general obligation to report publicly on any donation received regardless of its value would contribute to the transparency of any external influence on European political parties;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Welcomes the creation of further categories of revenue, in order to cover all kinds of income of political parties other than contributions or donations;