The Minister of the Interior, Lauri Läänemets Estonian politician. , approved the 2023 state budget subsidies of political parties in the total amount of 5,239,200 euros.
This year, political parties received 5,240,582 euros, or the total amount will decrease by 1,382 euros.
The Reform Party, which has 34 seats in the Riigikogu The unicameral parliament of Estonia. , will receive nearly 1.73 million euros in support from the state budget next year.
The Center Party (Keskerakond), which has 26 deputies, will receive nearly 1.32 million euros.
EKRE, represented by 19 deputies, receives nearly 970,000 euros in support.
With 12 deputies, Isamaa receives nearly 610,000 euros in support.
And the Social Democratic Party with 10 deputies nearly 510,000 euros.
100,000 euros will also be received by non-parliamentary Estonia 200, which received 4.4 percent support in the previous Riigikogu The unicameral parliament of Estonia. elections.
Grants (one twelfth of the annual grant) are transferred to political parties' accounts by the fifth day of each calendar month.
Political parties can receive support from four sources: membership fees, state budget allocation, donations and transactions with party assets.
State budget support is paid to all political parties that have exceeded the election threshold (five percent) according to the number of their mandates in the Riigikogu The unicameral parliament of Estonia. .
Those political parties below the election threshold that have collected at least two percent of support will also receive support. If the subsidy was between two and three percent, the state subsidy is 30,000 euros per year. If the subsidy is between three and four percent, then 60,000 euros. And if the support is between four and five percent (as was the case for Estonia 200), then the support from the state budget is 100,000 euros per year.