In order to increase the transparency of European political party funding, and to avoid potential abuse of the funding rules, a member of the European Parliament should, for the purposes of funding only, be regarded as a member of only one European political party, which should, where relevant, be the one to which his or her national or regional political party is affiliated on the final date for the submission of applications for funding.
D’fhonn trédhearcacht chistiú páirtithe polaitiúla Eorpacha a mhéadú, agus chun mí-úsáid fhéideartha na rialacha maidir le cistiú a sheachaint, ba cheart comhalta de Pharlaimint na hEorpa, chun críocha cistiúcháin amháin, a mheas a bheith ina chomhalta de pháirtí polaitiúil Eorpach amháin ar a mhéid, agus ba cheart i gcás inarb ábhartha, gur páirtí é a bhfuil a pháirtí polaitiúil náisiúnta nó réigiúnach cleamhnaithe leis ar an dáta deiridh le haghaidh chur isteach na n-iarratas ar mhaoiniú.