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Transparent financing of political parties — #35 Limiting donations to political parties and by natural persons only

Political parties should be allowed to accept monetary donations and other donations from natural persons only. The amount of donations from individual persons should be limited.

Justification and sources

Update history

date	reason	effectiveness	progression
01/2017 current	The Act on political parties, as amended as of 1 January 2017, maintains the possibility for legal persons, including those with non-transparent ownership structure, to provide funds and other benefits to political parties. At least, the approved Act limits the amount of funds and other benefits which political parties can accept.	Effectiveness 25%	Progression 90%	More
08/2016	The approved Act on political parties maintains the possibility for legal persons, including those with non-transparent ownership structure, to provide funds and other benefits to political parties. At least, the approved Act limits the amount of funds and other benefits which political parties can accept.	Effectiveness 25%	Progression 80%	More
07/2016	The proposal amending the Act on political parties, which is in the Upper Chamber of the Parliament, maintains the possibility for legal persons, including those with non-transparent ownership structure, to provide funds and other benefits to political parties. Nonetheless, the proposed law limits the amount of funds and other benefits which political parties can accept.	Effectiveness 25%	Progression 70%	More
08/2015	The proposal amending the Act on political parties, which is in the Lower Chamber of the Parliament, maintains the possibility for legal person, including those with non-transparent ownership structure to provide funds and other benefits to political parties. Nonetheless, the proposed law limits the amount of funds and other benefits which political parties can accept.	Effectiveness 25%	Progression 60%	More