28. Are there provisions for direct public funding to political parties?

'Article 19: 1. Çdo vit në Buxhetin e Shtetit  përcaktohet një fond që shërben si ndihmë financiare publike për kryerjen e veprimtarisë vjetore të partive politike. Ndihma financiare e parashikuar në Buxhetin e Shtetit në vitet jozgjedhore, si rregull, nuk mund të jetë më e vogël se ndihma e parashikuar në vitin paraardhës.' (Source: Law on Political Parties, No. 8580, date 17.2.2000, as ameneded: No. 9452/2.2.2006, No. 10374/10.2.2011, No. 17/2014, No. 90/2017/22.5.2017)

'Article 87: State Budget funds to finance parties participating in elections: 1. Political parties participating in the elections, which have received no less than 0.5 per cent of votes nationwide, are entitled to State Budget funds, based on the number of votes of each party in those elections. This fund is determined through adecision of the Assembly and comprises a separate item in the State Budget for the respective electoral year. This fund may not be lower than the aggregate sum allocated to political parties in the previous elections.' (Source: The Electoral Code of the Republic of Albania, No. 10019/29.12. 2008, as amended No. 31/02.04.2015)

Statutory funding is contingent upon the submission of financial report from previous year.