42. If there are limits on the amount a candidate can spend, what is the limit?

Italy

Italy

Answer
52,000 EUR + 0.001 EUR times the number of citizens living in the constituencies in which the candidate stands (national and European elections)| 38.802,85 EUR + 0.0061 EUR times the number of citizens living in the provincial constituency for which the candidates stand (for regional, provincial and municipal elections)
Comment

"Per quanto riguarda le spese dei singoli candidati, si prevede che esse non possano superare l’importo massimo derivante dalla somma della cifra fissa di euro 52.000 per ogni circoscrizione elettorale e della cifra ulteriore pari al prodotto di euro 0,01 per ogni cittadino residente nelle circoscrizioni elettorali nei quali il candidato si presenta (L. 515/1993, art. 7, comma 1)."

Camera dei Deputati (2019). Manuale elettorale - Norme per elezioni Europee. Aggiornamento al decreto-legge 30 aprile 2019, n. 34. Camera dei Deputati, Rome, May 2019

Available at: https://www.camera.it/temiap/2019/05/06/OCD177-4003.pdf

 

"As regards the single candidates the limit of expenditure is the sum of 38.802,85 EUR plus the product of the multiplication of 0.0061 EUR by the number of citizens living in the provincial constituency for which the candidates stand4. For candidates running in different provincial lists, the limit is equal to the highest one allowed for an individual candidature increased by 10%."

Source: GRECO (2012) Evaluation Report on Italy. Transparency of Party Funding (theme II). GRECO third evaluation round, Strasbourg, March 2012

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