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En Marche! was only founded within the last year. Although they attracted a considerable amount of donations, not sure we're talking about the same scale of mon
by egourlao 9y ago
En Marche! was only founded within the last year. Although they attracted a considerable amount of donations, not sure we're talking about the same scale of money.
- Signez 9y agoAlso, accounting in French political campaigns are very restricted to ensure fairness between candidates (no more than EUR 4'600 per candidate per physical person, no business donations; the total expenses are capped to ~22m€). Accounts are checked after each elections by the National Commission on Campaign Accounts and Political Financing; it is an active check, as some of the previous campaigns refunds were blocked because of some wrong doing. More details available on Wikipedia (translated from FR): https://translate.google.fr/translate?sl=fr&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=fr&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Ffr.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FFinancement_des_campagnes_pr%C3%A9sidentielles_en_France&edit-text=&act=url https://translate.google.fr/translate?sl=fr&tl=en&js=y&prev=...
- PierreRochard 9y agoShouldn't this be a government expense, and not a campaign expense? Do candidates pay for their own physical security?
- Signez 9y agoActually, ANSSI (French government agency for the security of IT) gave some workshops to campaign teams. Source (in French): http://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/lection-presidentielle-l-anssi-en-renfort-pour-eviter-toute-ingerence-39849222.htm http://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/lection-presidentielle-l-anss...
- PierreRochard 9y agoWow, so this really was a catastrophic failure on multiple levels. Lotta of self-reflection for some in Paris this weekend!