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A European political foundation, formally a political foundation at European level, informally a Eurofoundation, is a
Timeline
2003
Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003
2007
That regulation was later heavily amended by Regulation (EC) No 1524/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2007.
An initial one million euros[4] was allocated for pilot proposals, and Call For Proposals DG/EAC/29/2007 went out with a deadline of 28 September 2007.[4] Ten[5] organizations were picked (one for each Europarty[6]) and money was allocated with an expiry date of 31 August 2008.[4][7][8]
Regulations
As of 1 November 2008, the regulation governing Eurofoundations is Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003,[9] as later amended[10] under codecision (see above). That regulation's European Commission factsheet is given here.
Funding
Their total allocated funding for 2008 is €5,000,000.[6]
The Eurofoundations
Ten pilot Eurofoundations were set up in 2007/8, nine of which are still in existence as of 16 March 2009. They are as follows:
Foundation |
Address |
Europarty affiliation |
Pilot grant (€) |
Sources |
Current status |
Notes |
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Martens Centre
|
10 Rue du Commerce, Brussels 1000, Belgium | European People's Party | 313,820 | [5] | Active | website |
Foundation for European Progressive Studies | 98 Rue du Trône, Brussels 1050, Belgium | Party of European Socialists | 286,200 | [5] | Active | website |
European Liberal Forum | Square de Meeûs 38/40, 3rd floor, 1000 Brussels, Belgium | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party | 107,910 | [5] | Active | website |
Green European Foundation[11] | 15 Rue d'Arlon, Brussels 1050, Belgium | European Green Party | 61,450 | [5] | Active | http://www.gef.eu/ |
Institute of European Democrats | 4 Rue d'Industrie, Brussels 1000, Belgium | European Democratic Party | 51,410 | [5] | Active | website |
Transform Europe | Square de Meeûs 25, Brussels 1000, Belgium | Party of the European Left | 40,000 | [5] | Active | website |
EUROPA – Osservatorio sulle politiche dell'unione | 113 Via del Seminario, Rome 00186, Italy | Alliance for Europe of the Nations | 48,900 | [5] | Active | Shares an address with Osservatorio Parliamentare, whose website is here Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine and associated foundation is here. |
Les Refondateurs Européens | 34 Rue Pasteur, Lyon 69007, France | Alliance of Independent Democrats in Europe | 36,000 | [5] | Defunct | Changed its name in April 2008[12] to Association pour la Fédération Politique Européenne pour la Démocratie, whose website is here and address is Rue de la Cambre, 237, bte 4, Brussels 1150, Belgium. |
Organisation for European Interstate Cooperation | Rue Troné 113–115, Brussels 1050, Belgium | EUDemocrats
|
22,530 | [5] | Active | website in 2011 OEIC replaced Foundation for European Democracy (FEUD) as the affiliated foundation of the EUDemocrats. FEUD was affiliated with EUDemocrats from 2008 to 2011. |
Coppieters Foundation | 1 Boomkwekerijstraat, Brussels 1000, Belgium | European Free Alliance | 21,280 | [5] | Active | website |
Proposed Eurofoundations
It was reported on 1 November 2008 that
The foundation affiliated to the newly created
See also
References
- ^ "EUR-Lex – 32003R2004 – EN". Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ^ Regulation (EC) No 1524/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2007.
- ^ EU in drive to make Brussels more political euobserver.com 29 May 2007
- ^ a b c European Commission > Citizenship > Pilot projects > Full Call For Proposals DG/EAC/29/2007
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k European Commission > Citizenship > Pilot projects > Selection results – Call 29/2007
- ^ a b Press Release IP/07/1953, Brussels, 18 December 2007 europa.eu
- ^ Details of the process were published here Archived 22 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine on the European Commission website
- ^ European Commission > Citizenship > Pilot projects > Calls for Proposals > Pilot projects for European political foundations Archived 22 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "EUROPA". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ^ "EUR-Lex – 2007_130 – EN – EUR-Lex". Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ^ "Structure". Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ^ Search of the French government's Les Journaux Officiels for WALDEC W691068655 Archived 20 July 2011 at archive.today
- ^ a b "Ganley registers Libertas as a European political party" Irish Times, 1 November 2008
- ^ a b c d e "Parliament says 'Yes' then 'No' to funding for Libertas", European Voice, 5 February 2009