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"Madam President, today the President of France spoke to the House about the need for dialogue and debate. I think that is what we all learnt during the period of reflection, as Vice-President Wallström said.
For dialogue and debate, however, we need instruments, and some of the most important and indeed essential instruments – although not the only instruments – are political parties. European political parties, like national political parties, shape the will of a people. That must also be their role in the representative institutions in Europe.
Talking about political parties at European level without talking about funding would be pointless. We must look at how those political parties, so necessary for shaping the people’s will, are funded. I think that the most important issue in relation to political parties at European level – and also at national level, but it is the European level that is of interest to us here – is that financing ought to be responsible, clear and transparent. That is what is important to the taxpayers: that their money is well spent and that there are institutions that take responsibility for the way in which their money is used.
I believe that the people of Europe, although they may have some doubts or hesitations over the direction Europe ought to take, have no doubt that their future lies in Europe. Here in Parliament, I always hear even those who are most opposed to European ideas claiming that they are European and are not against Europe.
To go back to what I was saying at the start, and quote Mr Sarkozy once again: debate is necessary, and for there to be debate we must create the instruments needed to organise it.
I therefore welcome the report by Mr Leinen, which takes on board the Commission proposal, and I also thank you, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, my good friend Mr Lobo Antunes, for your proposal to us.
The European People’s Party will not discuss the basis here. If the regulation needs to be divided in two to find a solution that is acceptable to all, then so be it. You can count on our support."@en1
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