Meanwhile, the @eppgroup.bsky.social continues to hoard the europeanparties.eu domain, even though it is a parliamentary group and not a European political party, for a supposed project that never materialises.
Note: we are still interested!
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The @europarl.europa.eu is discussing the EU law on #europeanparties. This is a chance to increase #transparency and thereby strengthen democracy.
In the meantime, we've got you covered -- but we need your support 👇
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Some reform proposals seem innocuous, or even sensible. But, upon closer inspection, they reveal themselves as the wrong solution to the right problem. Cue the proposed increase in donation caps for #europeanparties and foundations 👇
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Some clear problems have easy solutions, but it does not make them the right solution. #europeanparties have been struggling to raise private donations for two decades. But allowing wealthy donors to give more is not the right solution, and it comes with clear risks.
👉 edcstiftung.eu/post/donatio...
The legal framework on #europeanparties and foundation now asks for data to be reported and published in open, machine-readable format.
⁉️ How does one do this? ✅ We just published guidance to help implement this!
#transparency #opendata
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⁉️ What are budgets good for when they consistently misrepresent real life?
Year after year, the Patriots have submitted budgets to EU institutions that never remotely materialised, but just happened to match their maximum entitlement of European public funding.
Read on 👇
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Yet another example of the consequences of a lack of #transparency on the funding and spending of #europeanparties. The time for reform is now!
#europeanparties and foundations are paid with European taxpayers' money. Delayed #transparency is no transparency at all.
Great to see the media keeping an eye on the use of citizens' money. But, for this to properly work, we need more #transparency, as @louisdrounau.eudemocracy.eu argues in @maxgriera.bsky.social's piece for @politico.eu.
Following yesterday's #AFCO vote, the ball is in the @ec.europa.eu's court!
And, for a more detailed analysis of the proposal, read @eudemocracy.eu's post 👇
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