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European parties should be able to support political movements outside EU that are in line with our values, says Charles Goerens

Brussels, 04/04/2023 (Agence Europe)

Parliament’s co-rapporteur Charles Goerens (Renew Europe, Luxembourger) spoke, on Tuesday 4 April, about the difficult negotiations underway with the Council of the European Union on the reform of European political parties and their foundations, following unsuccessful interinstitutional trilogue negotiations at the end of March(see EUROPE B13153A22).

The two co-legislative institutions are divided on two main issues: the participation in European political parties of parties from non-EU...