Parties Should Receive Six Million Euros More Subsidies Retroactively

The parties are supposed to get more money for 2025, which is mainly about the cost of the election campaign.

According to a briefing by the President of the Bundestag, Julia Klöckner, on which the "Bild" reports, the parties receive more state funding for 2025 than initially planned. Also the campaign cost reimbursement is to be increased.

The Funding Act of the political parties provides that all the party forces that, in legislative elections, have exceeded the 50 000 votes or have received seats in the Assembly of the Republic have the right to an annual subsidy, which is currently about EUR 3.48 per vote. With the total of the votes recorded, after the closure of the electoral circles of migration, it is verified that, this year, 11 political parties will have the right to the…

Chega will win another one million euros in the annual grant for political parties, receiving five million, while the PS is the party that loses the most, with less than one million, after the results of the legislative elections. The law on the financing of political parties establishes that all party forces that, in legislative elections, have exceeded 50,000 votes or obtained a seat in the Assembly of the Republic are entitled to an annual gr…

Political parties in Germany are set to receive significantly more state support this year. As "Bild" (Thursday edition) reports, citing a briefing from Bundestag President Julia Klöckner (CDU) to the parties, state funding is to increase retroactively for 2025 by six million euros, to a total of 225.4 million euros. The increase is justified by the 2.8 percent increase in typical party expenditures in 2024. As "Bild" further reports, campaign r…