52. Must reports from political parties and/or candidates reveal the identity of donors?
Germany
Political Parties Act 1994, amended 2015, Section 25(3).
Donors must be identified if contribution larger than EUR 500 and disclosed if value of donations exceeds EUR 10,000 in one year.
(3) If the total amount of donations made, and contributions paid by elected representatives/officials, to a political party or to one or more of its regional/local branches exceeds 10,000 euros in any one calendar year (accounting year), they shall be recorded, together with the names and addresses of the donors and the total amount, in the statement of accounts. Single donations in excess of 50,000 euros shall be reported immediately to the President of the German Bundestag. The latter shall in a timely manner publish the donation, together with the donor’s name, as a Bundestag printed paper.
