Political parties finances

Political parties are eligible for state funding if they won at least 2% of votes during the last ordinary or extraordinary parliamentary elections. The decision to grant state funding to a party is made by NACP, which also oversees the spending of received funds. The exact sum to be allocated to the budget of state financing of parties is determined by the following formula: 2% of the minimum wage multiplied by the number of voters who participated in the last parliamentary election. Majority of these funds to be divided among the parties in proportion to the votes they received in the last parliamentary election. Additional 10% are evenly distributed between those parties that followed gender quota with female candidates composing one third of the list.

Legislation requires that political parties disclose private donations. Caps on private donations made by individuals or legal entities exist. Legal infractions in filing of reports and financing of political parties entail administrative (e.g. fines) and criminal penalties (e.g. fines, imprisonment, prohibition from holding certain positions).