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3 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 1 JUNE 2025 NEWS Donation reports 2024 € Labour Party Total €1,445,000 <€50 €0 0 <€500 €614,732 30,371 €501 to €7,000 €820,268 352 >€7,000 €10,000 1 Nationalist Party Total €1,636,021* <€50 No data <€500 €501 to €7,000 >€7,000 No data No data No data No data No data No data No data ABBA Total €1,920 <€50 €80 4 <€500 €1,240 5 €501 to €7,000 €600 1 >€7,000 €0 0 Partit Popolari Total €2,063 <€50 €1,136 53 <€500 €900 12 €501 to €7,000 €0 0 >€7,000 €0 0 Volt Total €1,060 <€50 €0 0 <€500 €940 7 €501 to €7,000 €120 2 >€7,000 €0 0 *PN has not submitted its donations report. Data compiled from publicly available information. Source: Electoral Commission Legend Donations made to parties Number of donors donors in 2024 31,000 donors. A spokesperson for the PL told MaltaToday that the state- ment of accounts for 2024 will be submitted later this year af- ter asking the Electoral Com- mission for an extension. "Currently the Labour Party is holding the annual gener- al meetings of the local com- mittees, after the approval of a number of amendments to the Labour Party statute dur- ing this month's Extraordinary General Meeting," the spokes- person said, adding that after these conclude the accounts can be consolidated. The PL spokesperson added that the party party has always published and will continue to publish its statement of ac- counts with the Electoral Com- mission, "unlike the Nationalist Party which has been failing to do so since 2021". She said that the PL has just approved the change of its ex- ternal auditors—Grant Thorn- ton have been appointed—two weeks ago during the EGM. The spokesperson added: "The party will remain committed to presenting every year, as required by law, its financial accounts to the Electoral Com- mission. Ironically, the Labour Party found new auditors in just one week, whereas the Na- tionalist Party has been blam- ing its auditor, if it has found one, for the PN's unpublished accounts." The other available donation reports on the Electoral Com- mission's website are those of the minor parties ABBA, Partit Popolari and Volt. Partit Popolari, a traditionalist rightist party, received €2,000 from 65 donors through- out 2024. ABBA, a Christian conservative party, collected €1,920 in donations from 10 donors, while Volt, a leftist lib- eral party, received €1,060 from nine donors. ADPD has not yet filed its do- nation report for 2024. The party financing law The law regulating political party financing was enacted in 2016 and it makes it illegal for parties to receive donations of €25,000 from the same source in one calendar year. The parties are obliged to list any donations they would have refused and the reasons why. Any donations from the same source, surpassing the €7,000 mark will have to be recorded and the identity divulged pub- licly. Donations less than €50 col- lected during a manifestation shall not be recorded by the parties. Parties are under no obliga- tion to record donations up to €500, unless donations from the same source within the same calendar year exceed the cap. However, the parties are obliged to record the identity of a donor making a contribution of between €500 and €7,000 but have no obligation to publish the name. The law makes it illegal for parties to receive donations of €25,000 from the same source in one calendar year A Labour Party fund raising marathon in December 2024 on its relative success in the June European and donation report with the Electoral