European Political Foundations: Prospects and Objectives

On 3 July 2007 the European Parliament organised a workshop titled European Political Foundations: Cornerstones for developing a European parliamentary democracy.1 Its purpose was to inform the parliamentary debate on a new Commission proposal on the revision of the Statute on Financing European Political Parties2, which would comprise a proposal to create political foundations at the EU level. The Commission's idea was to give European parties a new instrument to develop contacts and deepen political cooperation on EU matters and to educate European citizens and opinion-leaders on European issues.