Majority supports accounting for new parties in first election year

All opposition parties and The Moderates in Denmark agree to change party support rules requiring new parties to present their financial accounts in their first electoral year, Altinget reports. Currently, new parties need only to disclose their finances the year after they participate in an election like the parliamentary one. The Moderates, led by Lars Løkke Rasmussen, haven’t disclosed their 2022 supporters yet and hesitate to release that year’s accounts. Despite utilizing the existing exemption, Moderate group chairman Henrik Frandsen is open to removing this rule. The proposal aligns with a government bill to ban foreign political donations, and while Venstre is not opposed to the change, the Social Democratic Party have not commented. The current regulation could also affect Borgernes Parti in a similar way. The Denmark Democrats, unlike The Moderates, elected to voluntarily release their accounts in their first election year.