Translation of "Return respecting election expenses " (English → French) :

Failure to provide the financial transactions return, the election expenses return or a related document (420, 497.1(1) and 497.1(3))

In so doing, they must observe the rules governing the conduct of election campaigns in the respective Member States, in particular the rules applicable to parties and candidates on funding and on the limitation of election expenses.

77. Is concerned about current political developments in Egypt after the military takeover of 3 July 2013, about the political polarisation, serious economic difficulties, and the situation regarding respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms in the country, and about security in the region, with special regard to Sinai; condemns in the clearest possible terms all acts of violence, including attacks on Coptic churches, and believes that the recent operations of the Egyptian security forces have been disproportionate and have resulted in an unacceptably large number of deaths and injuries; calls on the Egyptian Government to refr ...[+++]ain from such action; urges all political parties to engage in a genuinely inclusive dialogue in order to restore a democratic process responding to the legitimate requests and aspirations of the Egyptian people; stresses the need for a national reconciliation of all political and social forces, including the moderate components of the Muslim Brotherhood, as a key element in order to move forward the democratic transition which entails the organisation of presidential and parliamentary elections; stresses that the EU, through the HR/VP, could be in a position to encourage a dialogue between the main political actors in the country conducive to the establishment of a government of national unity to prepare elections; in particular, recommends that the HR/VP send a clear message that the illegalisation of the Muslim Brotherhood would jeopardise democratic inclusion and compromise the prospects of returning to democracy;

5. Criticises in particular current moves by certain Member States to strengthen the competitive position of ‘their’ respective national banking champions at the expense of others by ‘buying up cheap’ some parts of failed banks (e.g. Fortis, Dexia) after these have been broken up and compartmentalised for sale; considers that these strategies on the part of the stronger banks, backed by their respective national governments, of strengthening their market share by withholding credit from other ...[+++] banks, with a view to cannibalising and taking over weaker banks more easily, puts severe obstacles in the way of a return to sufficient liquidity in inter-bank lending; calls in consequence on the Member States to discourage and block such strategies;

Nothing in the practice of the European Parliament would imply that it should protect members from prosecution in respect of matters of this kind, and it is particularly important to remark that allegations concerning breaches by political parties of laws on election expenses should be pursued rigorously and that there should be no question of Parliamentary immunity being used to guard the (ostensible) victors ...[+++]in an election if their victory was achieved through illegal campaign financing.

However, I must admit that even I did not imagine that we would have such overwhelming confirmation quite so soon of the poor conduct of the Albanian authorities. Its undisguised violence and forgery at the expense of the Greek minority candidates and voters during the recent elections, as witnessed by objective official international observers, demonstrated that, unfortunately, Albania has little respect for even its most rudiment ...[+++]ary obligations as it makes its way towards the European Union, at the very time when Albania itself is calling on the international community to intervene, including militarily, in the defence of oppressed Albanian minorities in third countries and demanding that all the human rights of Albanian migrants, including illegal immigrants, be guaranteed, a demand which we all feel it is advisable for us to attempt to satisfy, and rightly so.