Article 22 — Funding conditions

1. A European political party which is registered in accordance with the conditions and procedures laid down in this Regulation, which is represented in the European Parliament by at least one of its members, and which is not in one of the situations of exclusion referred to in Article 138(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 may apply for funding from the general budget of the Union, in accordance with the terms and conditions published by the Authorising Officer of the European Parliament in a call for contributions from the general budget of the Union. 2. A European political foundation which is affiliated with a European political party eligible to apply for funding under paragraph 1 of this Article, which is registered in accordance with the conditions and procedures laid down in this Regulation, and which is not in one of the situations of exclusion referred to in Article 138(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 may apply for funding from the general budget of the Union, in accordance with the terms and conditions published by the Authorising Officer of the European Parliament in a call for proposals. 3. For the purposes of determining eligibility for funding from the general budget of the Union in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article and Article 3(1), point (b), and for the application of Article 24(1), a member of the European Parliament shall be considered as a member of only one European political party, which shall, where relevant, be the one to which their national or regional political party is affiliated on the final date for the submission of applications for funding. For that purpose, direct membership of a member of the European Parliament in a European political party shall be accepted in cases where that member of the European Parliament is not a member of a national or regional party affiliated to a European political party. 4. Financial contributions or grants from the general budget of the Union shall not exceed 95 % of the annual reimbursable expenditure indicated in the budget of a European political party and 95 % of the eligible costs incurred by a European political foundation. European political parties may use any unused part of the Union contribution awarded to cover reimbursable expenditure within the financial year following its award. Amounts unused after that financial year shall be recovered in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. 5. Within the limits set out in Articles 26 and 27, the expenditure reimbursable through a financial contribution from the general budget of the Union shall include administrative expenditure and expenditure linked to technical assistance, meetings, research, cross-border events, studies, information and publications, as well as expenditure linked to campaigns.