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

Lithuania

Lithuania

Answer
Yes
Source

Law on the financing, and control of financing, of political campaigns (2004, last amended 2019), Article 8

Comment

Political campaigns of other independent political campaign participants (other than political parties) shall be financed from: 1) donations of natural persons who under the law have the right to donate and donations of political parties to candidates, lists of candidates or referendum initiators, or referendum opponents; 2) own (personal) funds; 3) interest on the funds kept in the political campaign account.

It is prohibited to finance political campaigns of other independent political campaign participants with other funds which are not specified in the law.

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