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Current discussions on the #EUbudget exemplify the EU's core problem. Instead of thinking about goals and what #EU citizens need from the Union, each Member State's executive looks at its own balance sheet, its net contribution, and what it pays in and receives. #IamEuropean
#EUbudget discussions should go the other way around. First, identify what the #EU should do for citizens, where it is needed, what it can bring. And only then work out how much this costs us all together. A discussion centred on 1% and 1.14% serves State budgets, not #citizens.
Timely follow-up on this thread, thanks to @clotilde_armand and @POLITICOEurope. politico.eu/article/what-r…

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Jun 13, 2023
A victory for #transparency!! 💪🇪🇺
@EDC_eudemocracy paved for the way for information on #europeanparties to be available from the @Europarl_EN to citizens without delay!
Before, information took up to 8 years to be available in full.
@edecapitani @wouter_wolfs @POLITICOEurope A victory for #transparency...
Over the past several years, @EDC_eudemocracy has made many, many requests to the European Parliament to access decisions by its Bureau on the funding of #europeanparties. These included decisions for funding (for the coming year) and final accounts (which wrap up the process).
Invariably, these documents were provided with heavy redactions over the parts covering the EP's reasoning for its decisions: we could see the outcome (amounts), but not how decisions were made. Until yesterday, the latest full document related to funding for 2015 -- 8 years ago.
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National parties have an obligation to display their affiliation to #europeanparties. Yet, they often fail to do so properly.
Our new *𝛌ogos project* reviewed 264 websites to assess & improve compliance. #LogosProject #europeandemocracy
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Despite their obligation to do so, many affiliated parties do not display the logo of the European party on their webpage.
Rest assured, their #europeanparties still receive EU public funding. #LogosProject #europeandemocracy
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An overwhelming majority of national parties do not clearly display the logo of their European party.
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Sep 24, 2020
🔥Today, @Europarl_EN's Committee on Constitutional Affairs (#AFCO) will discuss #transnationallists. Here is why they may not be the good idea we think they are. A thread 👇 1/25
@EPInstitutional @Antonio_Tajani @guyverhofstadt @sandrogozi @d_boeselager @daniel_freund @inside_ep
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Sep 16, 2020
I have a feeling this tweet will soon be quite applicable to @vonderleyen’s State of the Union.
#SOTEU 🇪🇺
✅ Health Union: check
✅ Economic and Monetary Union: check
✅ Capital Markets Union: check
✅ Industrial Union: check
Getting there!
✅ Digital Union: check
🎁 BONUS: Anti-racist Union
🎁 BONUS: Union of Equality
#SOTEU #SOTEU2020 🇪🇺
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.@vonderleyen poised to interview @MaireadMcGMEP & @AMcDowell early this week. For which job? Unclear! Maybe @dreynders gets trade portfolio... or sth else in case of reshuffle!
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politico.eu/newsletter/bru…
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