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Rapporteur Jo Leinen wants debate about status of European political parties to look at lists of candidates from more than one Member State

Brussels, 25/01/2006 (Agence Europe) - On 23 January, the European Parliament Constitutional Affairs Committee discussed the draft report by the chair of the Committee, German Social Democrat Jo Leinen, on the status of European political parties. Following consultation with the leaders of the ten European parties (in 2004, there were only four), Leinen suggests a series of amendments to the regulation to simplify, for example, the procedure for requesting funding with a two-stage approach,...