Overview

• The AfD accounts for about €1.1 million of the total, a larger share than all other Bundestag parties combined.
• Key drivers include covert campaign support from Switzerland’s Goal AG for AfD state branches, an unlawful Swiss donation of nearly €400,000, and faulty accounting reports.
• Under the Parteiengesetz, recoveries can reach two to three times the impermissible amounts and are typically offset against state party financing.
• Other obligations since 2017 include roughly €200,000 for the CDU, €140,000 for the SPD, €134,000 for the Greens, €92,000 for the Left, €79,300 for the CSU, and €2,300 for the FDP.
• Parties say they have tightened donation checks and training; the AfD cites its short organizational history and now applies a “six-eyes” review principle.