For reasons of transparency, and in order to strengthen the scrutiny and the democratic accountability of European political parties and European political foundations, information considered to be of substantial public interest, relating in particular to their statutes, membership, financial statements, donors and donations, contributions and grants received from the general budget of the European Union, as well as information relating to decisions taken by the Authority and the Authorising Officer of the European Parliament on registration, funding and sanctions, should be published.
Ar chúiseanna trédhearcachta, agus chun grinnscrúdú agus cuntasacht dhaonlathach na bpáirtithe polaitiúla Eorpacha agus na bhfondúireachtaí polaitiúla Eorpacha a neartú, ba cheart go bhfoilseofaí faisnéis a meastar leas substaintiúil phoiblí a bheith ag gabháil léi, a bhaineann go háirithe lena reachtanna, lena gcomhaltas, lena ráitis airgeadais, lena ndeontóirí agus deonacháin, lena ranníocaíochtaí agus leis na deontais a fhaigheann siad ó bhuiséad ginearálta an Aontais Eorpaigh, chomh maith le faisnéis a bhaineann le cinntí a dhéanann an tÚdarás agus Oifigeach Údarúcháin Pharlaimint na hEorpa maidir le clárú, le cistiú agus le smachtbhannaí.