Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-04-06-Speech-3-411-937"
| Predicate | Value (sorted: default) |
|---|---|
| rdf:type | |
| dcterms:Date | |
| dcterms:Is Part Of | |
| dcterms:Language | |
| lpv:document identification number |
"en.20110406.29.3-411-937"2
|
| lpv:hasSubsequent | |
| lpv:speaker | |
| lpv:spokenAs | |
| lpv:translated text |
"The European political parties contribute to creating European political awareness and expressing the will of citizens. At a time when we are striving to increase the participation of citizens in the EU’s activities and to strengthen its democratic character, we ought to take steps to improve the regulatory environment of the European political parties. I am supporting the report by my fellow Member Mrs Giannakou. The European political parties must be permitted – and even encouraged – to participate in European referendum campaigns. I also think that it is essential for them to offer the option of participating individually and directly to citizens who wish to do so. Furthermore, the financial rules applying to the political parties must be modified. We must encourage self-financing by increasing the current donation limit per year and per person. Other rules must also be relaxed – I am thinking, in particular, of authorisation for the carrying-over of funds to the following financial year. While making such modifications, however, we must also retain all the current transparency requirements and bring in sanctions – primarily financial ones – something which is currently lacking in the Financial Regulation."@en1
|
Named graphs describing this resource:
The resource appears as object in 2 triples