24. Is there a ban on political parties taking loans in relation to election campaigns?
Romania
"(1) The amounts of money which are the subject of loans received by a political party in a fiscal year cannot exceed 0,025% of the income provided in the state budget for the respective year.
(2) The amounts of money which are the subject of loans received by a political party from an individual in a year can be up to 200 minimum gross salaries per country at the value existing on January 1 of that year.
(3) The amounts of money which are the subject of loans received by a political party from a legal person in a year can be up to 500 minimum gross salaries per country at the value existing on January 1 of that year.
(4) The total value of the sums of money which are the subject of loans granted to political parties by legal persons controlled directly or indirectly by another person or a group of natural or legal persons may not exceed the limits laid down in para. (1) - (3)."
Source: Article 28 (8), The Law no. 334/2006 on financing the activity of political parties and electoral campaigns, 2006 (as of January 20, 2017)
Although the law no. 334/2006 includes the loans from individuals and legal entities as sources of financing for the political parties, there are also some limitations of the ammounts of money that can be borrowed from natural and legal persons, as well as a general threshold per year of the amounts of money which are subject of loans.