Brussels, 12/09/2012 (Agence Europe) - On 12 September the Commission tabled a proposal for a regulation which aims to strengthen the way European political parties are formed by creating a specific legal statute for the parties and foundations affiliated to the parties, and by setting them a series of criteria to be met for access to European funding, such as respect for the EU's democratic values. The European parties will have to prove the real European nature of their ambitions and will...