Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 acknowledges only two categories of revenue for European political parties and foundations apart from contributions from the budget of the Union, namely contributions from members and donations. A number of revenue sources arising from own economic activities carried out within the framework of their political activities, such as sales of publications or conference fees, fall outside the scope of those two categories, creating accounting and transparency problems. A third category of revenue (self-generated resources) should therefore be created. In order to avoid the percentage of self-generated resources in the total budget of a European political party becoming disproportionate in relation to the overall budget of these entities, it should be capped at 3 %. In the case of a European political foundation that percentage should be capped at 5 %.
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