@article{2014:leinen:von_partei,
title = {Von Parteienbündnissen zu ‚echten Parteien‘ auf europäischer Ebene? Hintergrund, Gegenstand und Folgen der neuen Regeln für Europäische Parteien},
year = {2014},
note = {Parties on the European level so far have not been able to
sufficiently fulfil their mission under art. 10 par. 4 TEU to
“contribute to forming European political awareness and to
expressing the will of citizens of the Union.” Although European
parties have been able to receive funds from the budget of the
European Union since 2004, they lacked the legal basis, competences
and resources to effectively fulfil the traditional functions of
political parties. Based on a critical review of the existing
regulatory framework governing European parties stemming from the
years 2003 and 2007, an analysis of the new regulation on the statute
and funding of European political parties and European political
foundations is made. The new regulation was adopted by the European
Parliament in May 2014 and will, for the first time, provide a
European legal personality for European parties from January 1, 2017.
Moreover, possible further steps to improve the conditions for
European parties are examined, particularly the need to develop the
European electoral system.},
journal = {integration},
pages = {228--246},
author = {Leinen, Jo and Pescher, Fabian},
volume = {37},
number = {3}
}