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The Council gave its final green light to changes to the statute and funding of European political parties<\/strong> and European political foundations.<\/p>\n This revision of the regulation is aimed at reinforcing the transparency<\/strong> of European political parties and strengthening the framework for their funding, in particular to counter the risks of manipulation and interference by foreign actors<\/strong>. It will also reduce the administrative burden and increase the visibility<\/strong> of EU political parties vis-\u00e0-vis EU citizens.<\/p>\n The revised Regulation reinforces the transparency<\/strong> of the European political environment and the visibility<\/strong> of European political parties and European political foundations, as well as strengthening the EU’s ability to avoid the risk of foreign interference<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The new Regulation specifies the type of activities<\/strong> that European political parties may organise jointly with their member parties, in order to contribute to the formation of European political awareness. However, the new rules maintain the ban on European political parties and European political foundations funding national referendum campaigns<\/strong>. In addition, the Regulation includes strong measures on gender parity<\/strong> in parties.<\/p>\n The revised Regulation harmonises the regimes for European political parties and European political foundations by setting the co-financing<\/strong> rate for obtaining European grants at 5% for both; it also ensures proper monitoring<\/strong> of the new accounting category linked to the financial income generated by the activities of European political parties and European political foundations (“self-financing resources”), and provides that this source of income will be limited to 3% of their annual budget in the case of European political parties and 5% for European political foundations.<\/p>\nMain elements of the revised Regulation<\/h2>\n
Increased visibility and transparency requirements<\/h3>\n
Financial viability for European political parties and European political foundations<\/h3>\n
Limiting the risk of foreign interference<\/h3>\n