Supporting an amendment in European Parliament

It is very rare that I get involved with the European Parliament's legislative process, but I am pleased to lend my support to an amendment to a report by the British Lib Dem Andrew Duff. The amendment is being tabled by a number of MEPs, and reads

"Candidates for European elections must not have been convicted, by a judgment having the force of res judicata, of offenses for participation in a criminal organization, terrorism, corruption, money laundering from illegal activities and fraud."

One of the reasons I resigned from the EFD group was the presence there of political parties whose members had been implicated in, and indeed convicted of, criminal offences.