Brussels, 30/09/2003 (Agence Europe) - The General Affairs Council has adopted by qualified majority the regulation on the status and funding of European political parties. As expected, it approved all the amendments for compromise that the European Parliament had adopted during the first reading on 19 June. Denmark, Italy and Austria, however, voted against.
Most of the status provisions will enter into force after the European elections of June 2004. In order to benefit from this new...