8. Is there a ban on anonymous donations to candidates?

Hungary

Hungary

Answer
Yes, above certain threshold
Source

Parliamentary Elections, 8 April 2018 ODIHR Limited Election Observation Mission Final Report https://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/hungary/385959?download=true

Comment

From the OSCE/ODIHR Report we can understand that donations are anonymous to a certain limit. There are no explicit caps on individual donations, which potentially fosters dependence on financial contributions by large donors. Consequently, in the report it is stipulated that "as full lists of donors are neither published nor submitted to relevant authorities, transparency in campaign finance is further curbed and the prospect of party’s reliance on a single donor is reinforced."

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