§ Mr. RosindellTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a258W statement on the state of developments for the funding of trans-EU political parties; and what his position is thereon. [57860]
§ Peter HainThe Government strongly support the Commission's proposal for a statute to regulate the funding of European political parties, to make it more transparent. The conclusions of the Nice European Council in December ensured that in the future no money going to European political parties would be transferred, either directly or indirectly, to national political parties.