29. What are the eligibility criteria for political parties to receive public funding?

(1) The parties receive funds as partial financing for the activities generally incumbent upon them under the Basic Law. The benchmark for the distribution of state funds is the success that a party achieves among the voters in European, Bundestag and Landtag elections, the sum of its membership and mandate holder contributions as well as the amount of the donations it has raised.
(4) Parties are entitled to state funds in accordance with Paragraph 3 Nos. 1 and 3 if, after the final election result of the last European or Bundestag election in each case, at least 0.5 per cent or a state election 1.0 per cent of those valid for the lists Have received votes; for payments pursuant to paragraph 3 sentence 1 number 1 and sentence 2, the party must meet these requirements in the respective election. Parties are entitled to the state funds pursuant to Paragraph 3 No. 2 which, after the final election result, have reached 10 percent of the valid votes cast in an electoral or constituency. Sentences 1 and 2 do not apply to parties belonging to national minorities.
Source: § 18(1, 4), Political Parties Act, 1967 (amended 2018)