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"Mr President, the supranational political parties are artificial products that are in no position to collect voluntary contributions from ordinary people. They must, therefore, instead receive contributions from big business and trade unions and be able to dip into EU funds. Those who are to use the money can themselves decide how much they want. Under the new constitution, 13 countries will be able to vote down 12. The large parties will be able to use their majorities to prohibit subsidies for the smaller parties. They can also declare parties supported by the electorate to be un-European and take their subsidies.
The Council meeting also removed a ban on involvement in national elections. The supranational parties can thus turn the national parties into their compliant subsidiaries. The proposal has totalitarian features.
Let us put together a coalition to bring the matter before the Court of Justice. The proposal before us contravenes the principle of equality. In my opinion, the legislation is unlawful and should therefore be tested by the Court of Justice. For example, it is impossible for national minorities to obtain subsidies, even if they carry on appropriately cross-border activities. This makes matters impossible for new movements and parties, and difficult for others. There is a lack of equality across the board, and there needs to be such equality, in accordance with my own constitution, the existing treaties and the draft constitution that is now on the way. They all contain a principle of equality that also applies to this proposal."@en1
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