25. Is there a ban on candidates taking loans in relation to election campaigns?

Estonia

Estonia

Answer
No
Source

The sources of funding of the election campaign of a single candidate include:
1) donations made on the terms and conditions laid down in this Act;
2) personal property of the single candidate.
Source: § 5.2(3), Political Parties Act, 1994 (amended 2014)

Comment

The regulation suggests that candidates, as natural persons, are able to take loans and to spend it on campaigns BUT the Law does not regulates that directly.

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