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Transparency Gap

Last year
2024
The five things you should know about how European political parties are funded
Major cross-European investigation with Noteworthy and The Journal found political parties relying on State subsidies and unveiled the EU’s largest donors.
Fringe, populist and Eurosceptic parties attracting highest proportion of donations across EU
Donations to Sinn Féin in Ireland increased every year between 2019 and 2022.
Hidden Figures: Source of political money disclosed for just 8% of donations over four years
A cross-European investigation with Noteworthy also found unclear laws make Ireland’s donation framework among the least transparent in the EU.
No rules to stop politicians donating money to their party from funds originally given to them by members of the public
Fundraiser costs must be removed from the total donations a party receives
Advocacy body calls for more powers to be granted to Sipo to enforce laws