"Since 2017, German political parties have had to pay a cumulative 1.8 million ($2.1 million) in administrative penalties with over half issued to the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD). The fines pertain to issues such as illegal donations, the misuse of parliamentary group funds and the provision of false information in financial reports. And according to official figures reported in this weekend's Welt am Sonntag broadsheet and seen by the Germany dpa news agency, the AfD alone has been fined around 1.1 million."
"According to the parliamentary data, the AfD's biggest administrative transgression was the acceptance of illegal donations from Swiss company Goal AG for election advertising ahead of state polls in Baden-Wurttemberg in 2016 and North Rhine-Westphalia in 2017, as well as a further 400,000 donation, also from Switzerland. The party has filed a Federal Administrative Court lawsuit against another claim regarding an alleged 108,000 donation, which is not yet final."
Since 2017 German political parties have paid a cumulative 1.8 million in administrative penalties for illegal donations, misuse of parliamentary group funds and false information in financial reports. The AfD has been fined around 1.1 million, largely for accepting illegal donations from Swiss company Goal AG for election advertising in 2016 and 2017 and for an additional 400,000 donation from Switzerland. The AfD has filed a Federal Administrative Court lawsuit over an alleged 108,000 donation that is not yet final. The party cites early inexperience handling donations and says it now enforces a six-eye principle and provides intensive training. Other Bundestag parties faced much smaller fines.
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