INSTITUTIONAL / Democracy

European political parties, revised mandate for Swedish Presidency of EU Council

Brussels, 17/03/2023 (Agence Europe)

On Friday 17 March, the Member States’ ambassadors to the European Union (Coreper) gave the Swedish Presidency of the EU Council a revised mandate on the reform of the statute of European political parties and their foundations to reach a rapid political agreement with the representatives of the European Parliament (see EUROPE B13138A24).

“There is support in Coreper for a revised mandate on the role and participation of non-EU parties”, said an EU source.

While the EU Council’s...