# European political parties and European political foundations: statute and funding

European Parliament procedure 2012/0237(COD) (COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure), 7th term, committee AFCO / BUDG / JURI). Stage: Procedure completed. 469 committee amendments tabled by 32 Members between 2012-12-19 and 2013-01-18.

## What the amendments focus on

A legislative procedure on the statute and funding of European political parties and foundations. The amendments cover obtaining European legal status and registration, verifying compliance with the Union's founding values, rules on donations and contributions including thresholds and tax treatment, limits on EU funding and its recovery, transparency and publication of donors, internal party democracy, data protection overseen by the European Data Protection Supervisor, and penalties.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald HÄFNER | Germany | Verts/ALE | 76 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96758.md |
| Rainer WIELAND | Germany | PPE | 57 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/2323.md |
| Helmut SCHOLZ | Germany | GUE/NGL | 49 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96646.md |
| Paulo RANGEL | Portugal | PPE | 48 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96903.md |
| Andrew DUFF | United Kingdom | ALDE | 38 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4514.md |
| Stanimir ILCHEV | Bulgaria | ALDE | 35 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/34235.md |
| Krišjānis KARIŅŠ | Latvia | PPE | 33 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96901.md |
| Manfred WEBER | Germany | PPE | 23 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28229.md |
| Sari ESSAYAH | Finland | PPE | 18 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96682.md |
| Zita GURMAI | Hungary | S&D | 14 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/23805.md |
| Alain LAMASSOURE | France | PPE | 12 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1204.md |
| György SCHÖPFLIN | Hungary | PPE | 10 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28135.md |
| József SZÁJER | Hungary | PPE | 10 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/23821.md |
| George LYON | United Kingdom | ALDE | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96959.md |
| Louis MICHEL | Belgium | ALDE | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96670.md |

## Official source documents

- PE502.095: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-502.095+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE502.125: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-502.125+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE504.068: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-504.068+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2012-0237-COD · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2012-0237-COD.json

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