15. Is there a ban on state resources being given to or received by political parties or candidates (excluding regulated public funding)?
Germany
Political Parties Act 1994, amended 2015, Section 25.
(2) The following shall be excluded from the right of political parties to accept donations: 1. donations from public corporations, parliamentary parties and groups and from parliamentary groups of municipal councils (local assemblies); 5. donations from enterprises that are fully or partly in public ownership or are managed or operated by public agencies if the state’s direct participation amounts to more than 25 per cent.