For the second year in a row, PL and PN donation reports do not mention any single corporate donor, while the PN declared a donation made by Bernard Grech after being elected leader
Parties have clearly found a way around party financing laws: they are simply not declaring any donation above €7,000 whose source has to be published
Indebted political parties are bad news for democracy as it makes them even more dependent on private donors who expect something in return, or are themselves victims of a sort of protection racket run by political parties. Is it time to consider state funding? asks James Debono