Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU - European Parliament

Tabled by Julien Sanchez

… and to uphold democratic integrity in Parliament’s funding of European Political parties; Added: in this regard, is concerned that certain European political parties6a (primarily donations received by ALDE from Microsoft, Vodafone, etc.) and European political foundations6b (donations received by the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies from Janssen Pharmaceutica, Apple, Google, etc., by George Soros’s Open Society for the Foundation for European Progressive Studies and for the Green European Foundation, by Google, Janssen, Apple, Microsoft, Vodafone, for the European Liberal Forum, etc.) are partly funded by major IT, pharmaceutical, and other groups—whose parent companies are notably American—which could be equated with lobbying and thus suggest some influence on the legislative process or contribution to election campaigns; thus warns against potential conflicts of interest that could arise from this legal situation, albeit ethically questionable, particularly when members of these political groups serve as rapporteurs on dossiers relating to these sectors; expresses its deep concern regarding the suspicions of foreign interference that this could raise; 5 Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2025/2445 of the European Parliament and of the … political parties and European political foundations (OJ L, 2025/2445, 8.12.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/2445/oj). Added: 6a https://www.appf.europa.eu/cmsdata/301297/2024%20PARTIES%20Contributions%20and%20Donations.pdf 6b https://www.appf.europa.eu/cmsdata/300386/2024%20FOUNDATIONS%20Contributions%20and%20Donations.pdf

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE783.024