Like many human activities, politics costs money. In approaching the subject, however, the reference to costs is misleading: it is not a question of how much money is needed to sustain the political system, but how much is needed and how to use it to ensure that the relevant public interests are met. As is well known, a galaxy of associations, foundations, clubs, publishing and radio companies, as well as an unspecified number of people holding public office, have two-way relations with politics, including financial ones, which are not always evident from balance sheets or other official documents.What exactly merits economic support in the cases of planned funding? What purposes do the resources earmarked for it serve? The paper seeks to answer these questions, focusing in particular on the analysis of Decree-Law 149 of 2013. The paper is part of a symposium dedicated to the analysis of recent legal and case-law developments concerning the transfer of economic resources to the political system, the status of political representatives and exponents and the recognition and regulation of political parties in the national legal system, with consideration of characteristic profiles from a European and comparative perspective. Summary: 1. Introduction. - 2. Functions. - 3. Activities and problems. - 4. The 2013 Italian regulation. - 4.1. Recipients of funding. - 4.2. Types of financing. - 4.3. Requirements. - 4.4. Transparency. - 4.5. Controls. - 4.6. Financing of electoral activity. - 4.7. Crowdfunding and electoral dinners. - 4.8. Other indirect financing institutions. - The financing of parliamentary and council groups. - Conclusions.

Come molte attività umane, la politica costa. Nell’approccio al tema, tuttavia, il riferimento ai costi è fuorviante: non si tratta di stabilire quante risorse economiche occorrono a sostenere il sistema politico, ma quante sono necessarie e come impiegarle per garantire la soddisfazione degli interessi pubblici rilevanti. Come noto, una galassia di associazioni, fondazioni, circoli, club, imprese editrici e radiofoniche, oltre ad un numero imprecisato di persone che rivestono cariche pubbliche, ha con la politica, infatti, relazioni bidirezionali di natura anche finanziaria, non sempre evidenti dai bilanci o da altri documenti ufficiali.Cosa esattamente merita sostegno economico nei casi di finanziamento previsti? Quali fini servono le risorse all’occorrenza destinate? Il contributo cerca di rispondere a queste domande, dedicando particolare attenzione all'analisi del decreto-legge n. 149 del 2013. Il lavoro fa parte di un simposio dedicato all’analisi degli sviluppi normativi e giurisprudenziali recenti in materia di trasferimento di risorse economiche al sistema politico, di status dei rappresentanti e degli esponenti politici e di riconoscimento e disciplina dei partiti politici nell’ordinamento nazionale e con considerazione dei profili caratterizzanti in prospettiva europea e comparata. Sommario: 1. Introduzione. - 2. Le funzioni. - 3. Le attività e i problemi. - 4. La disciplina del 2013. - 4.1. I destinatari del finanziamento. - 4.2. I tipi di finanziamento. - 4.3. I requisiti. - 4.4. La trasparenza. - 4.5. I controlli. - 4.6. Il finanziamento dell'attività elettorale. - 4.7. Il "crowdfunding" e le cene elettorali. - 4.8. Gli altri istituti di finanziamento indiretto. - 5. Il finanziamento dei gruppi parlamentari e consiliari. - 6. Conclusioni.

Il finanziamento della politica

CAROLI CASAVOLA, Hilde
2015-01-01

Abstract

Like many human activities, politics costs money. In approaching the subject, however, the reference to costs is misleading: it is not a question of how much money is needed to sustain the political system, but how much is needed and how to use it to ensure that the relevant public interests are met. As is well known, a galaxy of associations, foundations, clubs, publishing and radio companies, as well as an unspecified number of people holding public office, have two-way relations with politics, including financial ones, which are not always evident from balance sheets or other official documents.What exactly merits economic support in the cases of planned funding? What purposes do the resources earmarked for it serve? The paper seeks to answer these questions, focusing in particular on the analysis of Decree-Law 149 of 2013. The paper is part of a symposium dedicated to the analysis of recent legal and case-law developments concerning the transfer of economic resources to the political system, the status of political representatives and exponents and the recognition and regulation of political parties in the national legal system, with consideration of characteristic profiles from a European and comparative perspective. Summary: 1. Introduction. - 2. Functions. - 3. Activities and problems. - 4. The 2013 Italian regulation. - 4.1. Recipients of funding. - 4.2. Types of financing. - 4.3. Requirements. - 4.4. Transparency. - 4.5. Controls. - 4.6. Financing of electoral activity. - 4.7. Crowdfunding and electoral dinners. - 4.8. Other indirect financing institutions. - The financing of parliamentary and council groups. - Conclusions.
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