From 354f529df4388d5f667caaf0eb4b54c339ae5c66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Vojt=C4=9Bch=20Pikal?= Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 14:00:44 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Membership criteria clarification Split of the first clause into two. a) Being a political party or striving to c) Being in European as in member state of EU or eligible to become one acording to European Treaty --- statutes/statutes.md | 17 +++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/statutes/statutes.md b/statutes/statutes.md index 93954f4..2eb0e2b 100644 --- a/statutes/statutes.md +++ b/statutes/statutes.md @@ -85,14 +85,15 @@ agree to create an international non-profit association according to Luxembourgi ##### Article 7 – Ordinary Members (1) Eligible as Ordinary Members are all parties which -* a) are established as a political party or in another form, if their country or state does not allow them to become a party (or makes it very difficult for them) in a country or state of the European Union OR in a country or state which territory lies at least partly in the geographical Europe, -* b) are not subordinate to any other party in this country or state, -* c) carry the term „Pirate“ or any translation of that term somewhere in their party name, -* d) intend to participate in elections to the European Parliament or their national parliament, -* e) maintain a democratic political base and a democratic internal structure, -* f) are politically active, -* g) accept and comply with the regulations of these Statutes and orders of its bodies, and -* h) accept the Pirate Manifesto. +* a) are established as a political party or in another form, if their country or state does not allow them to become a party (or makes it very difficult for them), +* b) are established in a Member state of the European Union or in other [Europian State](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Consolidated_version_of_the_Treaty_on_European_Union/Title_VI:_Final_Provisions#Article_49), +* c) are not subordinate to any other party in this country or state, +* d) carry the term „Pirate“ or any translation of that term somewhere in their party name, +* e) intend to participate in elections to the European Parliament or their national parliament, +* f) maintain a democratic political base and a democratic internal structure, +* g) are politically active, +* h) accept and comply with the regulations of these Statutes and orders of its bodies, and +* i) accept the Pirate Manifesto. (2) Ordinary Members have the following obligations: * a) to comply with all the regulations of the Statutes of the Association and all orders of the bodies of the Association,