Parliamentary parties "ate" 700.000 euros from the state budget in July alone, and will only "get their money back" in December

Recent amendments to the Law on Financing Political Entities have significantly increased the budget allocation for the regular work of parties.

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From one of the parliamentary sessions (archive), Photo: Parliament of Montenegro/F.Burzanović
From one of the parliamentary sessions (archive), Photo: Parliament of Montenegro/F.Burzanović
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Almost 700.000 euros were paid from the state budget to parliamentary parties for regular work in July this year, according to data published on the Government's website.

On August 5, the Ministry of Finance paid almost 630.000 euros into the bank accounts of 20 parliamentary parties and another 64.000 to women's organizations of the parties.

The Europe Now Movement received the most money, over 150.000 euros, because it has the most MPs, DPS received more than 110.000, New Serbian Democracy 66.000, and the Democrats and the Bosniak Party over 50.000 euros.

Recent amendments to the Law on Financing Political Entities have significantly increased the budget allocation for the regular work of parties, so instead of 7,5 million euros, they will receive over 12 million this year.

In December alone, they will receive almost 4,5 million euros, of which PES will receive 1,2 million euros, DPS 850.000, and Nova over half a million euros.

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