23. Is there a ban on political parties engaging in commercial activities?

Albania

Albania

Answer
Yes
Source

Article 78 Point 9, The Electoral Code, 2020; Article 20, Law on Political parties

Comment

Electoral subjects and their candidates shall be forbidden to organise, conduct, or cover expenditures, themselves or through third parties, for concerts, cultural and entertaining shows, or charity activities, regardless of whether they are organised during or in relation to electoral rallies, or as campaign activities or activities outside of the campaign; “The creation by political parties of commercial and non-commercial juridical persons that exercise activity with the purpose of profit is prohibited.”

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