Political Party Funding in Romania - One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?

Within political life, the determining role is given to political parties in their capacity as actors in the electoral campaign and in the race for political power. This is the reason for which we believe that the means of financing political parties and the electoral campaigns in which they parta...

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Main Author: Iulian Georgel Savenco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Danubius University 2015-05-01
Series:EIRP Proceedings
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Online Access:http://proceedings.univ-danubius.ro/index.php/eirp/article/view/1667/1537
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spelling doaj-3f18b866da844e609570d393069f3cf82020-11-24T22:43:05ZengDanubius UniversityEIRP Proceedings2067-92112069-93442015-05-01101735741Political Party Funding in Romania - One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?Iulian Georgel Savenco0Danubius University of GalatiWithin political life, the determining role is given to political parties in their capacity as actors in the electoral campaign and in the race for political power. This is the reason for which we believe that the means of financing political parties and the electoral campaigns in which they partake is an important aspect within the electoral reform, as without an adequate funding their chances of winning the electoral race are drastically reduced. On the other hand, funding of political parties is of great interest as the lack of transparency which usually encircles this process can lead to a dangerous phenomenon, namely corruption. Throughout this article we present the current situation and critically analyze the changes which the Romanian legislature plans to apply to the political party financing law.http://proceedings.univ-danubius.ro/index.php/eirp/article/view/1667/1537political party; funding; Romanian Constitution; freedom of association
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author Iulian Georgel Savenco
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Political Party Funding in Romania - One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?
EIRP Proceedings
political party; funding; Romanian Constitution; freedom of association
author_facet Iulian Georgel Savenco
author_sort Iulian Georgel Savenco
title Political Party Funding in Romania - One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?
title_short Political Party Funding in Romania - One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?
title_full Political Party Funding in Romania - One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?
title_fullStr Political Party Funding in Romania - One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?
title_full_unstemmed Political Party Funding in Romania - One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?
title_sort political party funding in romania - one step forward, two steps back?
publisher Danubius University
series EIRP Proceedings
issn 2067-9211
2069-9344
publishDate 2015-05-01
description Within political life, the determining role is given to political parties in their capacity as actors in the electoral campaign and in the race for political power. This is the reason for which we believe that the means of financing political parties and the electoral campaigns in which they partake is an important aspect within the electoral reform, as without an adequate funding their chances of winning the electoral race are drastically reduced. On the other hand, funding of political parties is of great interest as the lack of transparency which usually encircles this process can lead to a dangerous phenomenon, namely corruption. Throughout this article we present the current situation and critically analyze the changes which the Romanian legislature plans to apply to the political party financing law.
topic political party; funding; Romanian Constitution; freedom of association
url http://proceedings.univ-danubius.ro/index.php/eirp/article/view/1667/1537
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