What changed between the adopted text of 15 Sept 2022 and the adopted text of 21 Oct 2025

Removed:P9_TA(2022)0328

Added:P10_TA(2025)0239

Changed:Statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations ***I

Committee on Constitutional Affairs

PE719.606

Changed:Amendments adopted by the European Parliament onlegislative 15resolution Septemberof 202221 October 2025 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations (recast) (COM(2021)0734 – C9-0432/2021 – 2021/0375(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure – recast)

Removed:Recital 2 a (new): (2a) Article 8 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) establishes the principle of gender mainstreaming, by which the Union aims to eliminate inequalities, and to promote equality between men and women in all its activities.

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Added:The European Parliament,

Removed:Recital 3 a (new): (3a) Article 21 of the Charter establishes the right to gender equality in all areas.

Added:– having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2021)0734),

Removed:Recital 12 a (new): (12a) Differentiated levels of affiliation and a category of ‘research partners’ should be recognised for European political foundations, in order to allow more flexibility and to facilitate freedom of research.

Added:– having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 224 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and Article 106a of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C90432/2021),

Removed:Recital 23: (23) The European legal status granted to European political parties and their affiliated foundations should provide them with legal capacity and recognition in all the Member States. Such legal capacity and recognition do not entitle them to nominate candidates in national elections or in national or regional constituencies in the elections to the European Parliament . Any such or similar entitlement remains under the competence of Member States.

Added:– having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Removed:Recital 30: (30) European political parties, their member parties and European political foundations should lead by example in closing the gender gap in the political domain. If they wish to benefit from EU funding, European political parties and European political foundations should have internal rules promoting gender equality, including a gender equality plan and a protocol to prevent, detect and combat sexual harassment and harassment on the grounds of gender. In addition, European political parties should be transparent about the gender balance of their member parties and should provide evidence on their member parties’ gender representation as regards candidates to and Member of the European Parliament. European political parties and European political foundations should also provide evidence on their internal policy on gender equality by means of an annual report. The European political parties are also encouraged to provide information in relation to their member parties’ on inclusiveness and representation of minorities.

Added:– having regard to the opinion of the Court of Auditors of 7 April 2022,

Removed:Recital 38: (38) Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 acknowledges only two categories of revenues for European political parties and European political foundations apart from contributions from the budget of the European Union, namely contributions or association fees from members and donations. A number of revenue sources generated from own economic activities (such as sales of publications or conference or workshop fees) fall outside the scope of those two categories, creating accounting and transparency problems. A third category of revenues (‘ancillary own resources’) should therefore be created. The proportion of ancillary own resources in the total budget of a European political party or of a European political foundation should be capped at 10 % of the amount generated by contributions and association fees so that it remains proportionate to the overall budget of these entities.

Added:– having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 23 February 2022,

Removed:Recital 39: (39) In order to reach out to their members and constituencies across the Union, European political parties should have the right to use their funding for cross-border political campaigns, such as referendum campaigns and campaigns conducted in the context of elections to the European Parliament, including by setting up and promoting Union-wide lists of candidates in such elections. The funding and limitation of election expenses for parties and candidates in those campaigns should be governed by the rules applicable in each Member State.

Added:– having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions of 28 April 2022,

Removed:Recital 41: (41) European political parties and European political foundations should not use funding received from the general budget of the European Union for the direct or indirect funding of other political entities and, in particular, national parties or candidates. The prohibition of indirect funding should however not prevent European political parties or European political foundations from publicly supporting and engaging with their member parties or member organisations in the Union on issues of relevance for the Union, from supporting political activities in the common interest, or from engaging in educational activities, in order to be able to fulfil their mission under Article 10(4) TEU and to reinforce the European demos. The prohibition of indirect funding should not prevent representatives and staffers of political parties, or of potentially politically active persons, from participating in events of European political foundations. However, European political foundations should not engage in the training of political candidates in the six months before national or European elections. Moreover, European political parties should only finance activities in the context of national referendum campaigns when they concern issues directly related to the Union. These principles reflect Declaration No 11 on Article 191 of the Treaty establishing the European Community annexed to the Final Act of the Treaty of Nice.

Added:– having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 28 November 2001 on a more structured use of the recasting technique for legal acts,

Removed:Recital 50: (50) It is necessary to establish a common repository for the disclosures of European political parties. Given its specific role in the implementation of this Regulation, the Authority should establish and manage such repository as a part of the Registry for European political parties. The information contained in the repository should be transmitted by European Political Parties to the Authority using a standard format and may be automated. European political parties should make available in the Authority’s repository information to enable the wider context and objectives of the political advertisement to be understood by citizens. The information on the amount allocated to political advertising in the context of a specific campaign to be included in the repository may be based on a realistic estimate of funding and the actual amounts, once known. The amounts to be mentioned in the repository include donations for specific purposes, benefits in kind, contributions, association fees and ancillary own resources.

Added:– having regard to the letter of 16 June 2022 from the Committee on Legal Affairs to the Committee on Constitutional Affairs in accordance with Rule 113(3) of its Rules of Procedure,

Removed:Recital 61: (61) In order to facilitating the monitoring of the implementation of this Regulation, single points of contact in charge of coordination with the European level should be designated by each Member State. Such contact points should be adequately resourced to be able to ensure effective coordination, including on issues related to the monitoring of political advertising. The Authority should regularly convene the single points of contact designated by the Member States in order to exchange best practices on matters of common concern.

Added:– having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the committee responsible under Rule 75(4) of its Rules of Procedure, and the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 9 July 2025 to approve Parliament’s position, in accordance with Article 294(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Removed:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b: (b) it is either recognised by, or established in accordance with, the legal order of at least one Member State or of a third country that belongs to the Council of Europe and has full rights of representation therein;

Added:– having regard to Rules 113 and 60 of its Rules of Procedure,

Removed:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3: (3) ‘European political party’ means a political alliance which pursues political objectives, which aims to pursue those objectives across the Union, and of which a majority of its member parties are either recognised by, or established in accordance with, the legal order of at least one Member State, and have their seat within the European Union, and which is registered with the Authority for European political parties and foundations referred to in Article 7, in accordance with this Regulation;

Added:– having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Budgets,

Removed:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7: (7) 'donation' means any payment, any offering in kind, the provision below market value of any goods, services (including loans) or works, and any other transaction which constitutes an economic advantage for the European political party or the European political foundation concerned, with the exception of contributions, association fees, ancillary own resources and usual political activities carried out on a voluntary basis by individuals;

Added:– having regard to the report of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (A9-0223/2022),

Removed:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8: (8) 'contribution' means any payment, except where it is clearly indicated that the contribution comes from the general budget of the European Union, including membership fees, or any contribution in kind, or the provision below market value of any goods, services (including loans) or works, and any other transaction which constitutes an economic advantage for the European political party or the European political foundation concerned, when provided to that European political party or to that European political foundation by one of its members that has its seat or his or her place of residence within the Union, with the exception of usual political activities carried out on a voluntary basis by individual members;

Added:A. whereas, according to the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, the Commission proposal does not include any substantive amendments other than those identified as such in the proposal and whereas, as regards the codification of the unchanged provisions of the earlier acts together with those amendments, the proposal contains a straightforward codification of the existing texts, without any change in their substance;

Removed:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new): (8 a) 'association fees' means any payment provided to the European political party or European political foundation by one of its member parties or member organisations that has its seat in a third country that belongs to the Council of Europe and has full rights of representation therein.

Added:1. Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out, taking into account the recommendations of the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission;

Removed:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9: (9) ‘ancillary own resources’ means income generated by own economic activities, such as from joint activities with other political entities, sales of publications, participation fees for conferences or workshops, or other activities directly linked to political activities;

Added:2. Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal;

Removed:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10: (10) ‘indirect funding’ means funding from which the member party derives a financial advantage, even where no funds are directly transferred; this should include cases which allow the member party to avoid expenditure which it would otherwise have had to incur for activities, other than joint activities with other political entities co-financed to the extent that they concern issues of relevance for the Union´s fields of activities, organised for its own and sole benefit;

Added:3. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.

Removed:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 16: (16) ‘political advertising’ means ‘advertising' as defined in Article 2, point (2), of Regulation (EU) 2022/xx [on the transparency and targeting of political advertising];

Added:P10_TC1-COD(2021)0375

Removed:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 17: (17) ‘political advertisement’ means ‘advertisement’ as defined in Article 2, point (3), of Regulation (EU) 2022/xx [on the transparency and targeting of political advertising];

Added:Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 21 October 2025 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2025/… of the European Parliament and of the Council on the statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations (recast)

Removed:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18: (18) ‘political advertising services’ means ‘services’ as defined in Article 2, point (5), of Regulation (EU) 2022/xx [on the transparency and targeting of political advertising].

Added:(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2025/2445.)

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d: (d) it observes , in particular in its programme and in its activities, the values on which the Union is founded, as expressed in Article 2 TEU, namely respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality and the rule of law, as well as respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities, and it provides a written declaration to that effect in the form of the template in Annex I ;

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e: (e) it ensures that its member parties which have their seat in the Union observe the values expressed in Article 2 TEU and that its member parties which have their seat in a third country that belongs to the Council of Europe and has full rights of representation therein observe equivalent values, and it provides a written declaration to that effect in the form of the template in Annex I;

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c: (c) it observes, in particular in its programme and in its activities, the values on which the Union is founded, as expressed in Article 2 TEU, namely respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities, and it provides a written declaration to that effect in the form of the template in Annex I;

Removed:Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d: (d) it also ensures that its member organisations which have their seat in the Union observe the values expressed in Article 2 TEU and that its member organisations, which have their seat in a third country that belongs to the Council of Europe and has full rights of representation therein, observe equivalent values, and it provides a written declaration to that effect in the form of the template in Annex I;

Removed:Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point i: deleted

Removed:Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point j: (j) its own internal rules regarding gender equality.

Removed:Article 4 a (new): Article 4a / Transparency obligations with regard to use of logos, publication of political programme and gender balance / 1. Each European political party shall ensure that member parties publish on their websites the political programme and logo of the European political party. The European political party’s logo shall be displayed in the top section of the front page of the member party’s website, in a clearly visible manner. / 2. Each European political party and its member parties shall publish on their websites information on the gender balance among the candidates at the elections to the European Parliament that take place after ...[date of entry into force of this Regulation], along with updated information on gender representation among their Members of the European Parliament. Each European political party shall ensure that its member parties publish such information concerning their respective candidates in the European elections and concerning their Members of European Parliament on their websites.

Removed:Article 5 – paragraph 2: 2. Each European political party shall transmit to the Authority information concerning each political advertisement that it sponsors or publishes directly to enable the wider context and objectives of the political advertisement to be understood by citizens. That information shall include at least the information listed in point 1 of Annex II. The information shall be provided to the Authority in a form which is easily accessible and which uses plain language.

Removed:Article 5 – paragraph 3: 3. The Authority shall publish the information referred to in paragraph 2 in the repository provided for in Article 8 without undue delay.

Removed:Article 5 – paragraph 6: deleted

Removed:Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new): (ia) its own internal rules regarding gender equality.

Removed:Article 6 a (new): Article 6a / Requirements for gender equality rules / 1. Collegiate governing bodies of European political parties and European political foundations shall be gender-balanced. / 2. European political parties and European political foundations shall adopt a gender equality plan including mechanisms to ensure the active participation of women in all their diversity and European political parties shall invite their member parties to do the same. / 3. European political parties and European political foundations shall have a protocol to prevent, detect and combat sexual harassment and harassment on the grounds of gender. They shall ensure the independence and expertise of the experts conducting investigations and shall take appropriate measures towards perpetrators of those acts. European political parties and European political foundations shall incorporate the prohibition of acts of sexual harassment and harassment on the grounds of gender into their internal rules.

Removed:Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2: The Authority shall decide on the registration and de-registration of European political parties and European political foundations in accordance with the procedures and conditions laid down in this Regulation. In addition, the Authority shall regularly verify that the registration conditions laid down in Article 3 and the governance provisions set out in Article 4(1), points (a), (b), (d), (e), (f) and (h), and in Article 6(1), points (a) to (e), and (g), continue to be complied with by the registered European political parties and European political foundations.