Løkke kept money donations secret: Now, the majority will pass a law about

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*Løkke kept financial donations secret:* Now majority wants to pass law about

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New parties can today avoid disclosing who financially supports them in their first election year.

In 2022, the Moderates were able to keep secret who financially supported the party. This rule will now be changed by several parties. (Photo: © Ida Marie Odgaard, Ritzau Scanpix) 38 min. ago

All opposition parties, along with the Moderates, will change the rules for party funding, so that a new party will be obligated to also present its financial report in its first election year.

This is written by Altinget (https://www.altinget.dk/artikel/stribevis-af-partier-vil-have-nye-partiers-hemmelige-pengegaver-frem-i-lyset).

As the rules are currently, a new party is only financially accountable a year after it is first put up for election, such as a parliamentary election.

Therefore, the Moderates did not disclose who supported the party financially in 2022, when the party first stood for election and was elected.

- We adhere to the rules of legislation, and if someone thinks that it should be different, then they should have made the law different, former party leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen previously said.

Read also: Lars Løkke Rasmussen on secret donations: We comply with the law (https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/lars-loekke-rasmussen-om-hemmelige-pengegaver-vi-overholder-loven)

Now, the Moderates themselves are ready to pass the law, even though the party still does not plan to present its 2022 financial report.

- There has been an exception, which we have made with open eyes, when we made the party funding rule, and we have made use of it, says group leader Henrik Frandsen (M) to Altinget.

- If there is a desire for us to remove the rule in connection with this law change, then we will not stand in the way of it. Forward-looking, I have no problems with the exception being removed.

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Citizens' Party in the same situation

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And that is the desire. For all opposition parties except for the Citizens' Party, it is reported to Altinget, that they want to change the rules.

They see it happening in connection with the government's proposal to pass a law that bans foreign donations in Danish politics.

Venstre's political spokesperson, Jan E. Jørgensen, tells Altinget that the government party "is not rejecting" the change.

Ritzau tries to get a comment from the Social Democrats.

With the current rules, the Citizens' Party could be in the same situation as the Moderates and not be forced to present its financial report before the year after the party's first election.

The parliamentary election in 2022 was, in addition to the Moderates, also the first election year for the Denmark Democrats. The party chose, however, contrary to the Moderates, to voluntarily disclose its financial report.

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