re: #33 jaunte

Why are political parties subsidized by taxpayers?

Thats due to the experiences countries had between the WWs.
It then was very easy for the super-rich to support such parties as the NSDAP, and to demand concessions in countries such as France, where they supported the hide-boundest parties, to the detriment of the country.

There is no tax-payers’ money going to the parties here in the UK - thsu we have the perpetual scandals of rich donors ‘buying’ a seat in the House of Lords, and getting concessions from the government.

EU rules are, unfortunately, superseding country rules in this case …