17/11/25 (Agence Europe) – Following approval by the European Parliament, on Monday 17 November, the Council of the European Union adopted at first reading the agreement reached with MEPs on the reform of the statute for European political parties and their political foundations (see EUROPE B13661A29). At the heart of the interinstitutional negotiations was the limited role that national parties from non-EU countries would play as an ‘associated member party’ of European political...