Danes criticise EU political party funding

Four Danish parties represented in the European Parliament have protested against the Commission's plans to distribute 8.4m euros of taxpayers' money among "European parties", as they will not be entitled to a share of the money. It is "undemocratic to support some parties and not others," says an MEP.

Parties represented in at least three EU member countries will be entitled to subsidies from the taxpayers, according to the proposal. For Danish EU parliamentarians this means that all ...