Honorable members in arrears: unpaid dues are a problem for political parties.

Honorable defaulters: the problem is recurring in the 2024 budgets of several parties, from Forza Italy to the Democratic Party, passing through the Five Star Movement. While it is going against the trend Italian left, which sees its contributions increase parliamentarians (from 204 thousand to 281 thousand euros), all among the 42 thousand and 55 thousand euros. The M5s, which has a surplus of over 2 million euros, registers 2.8 million euros of credits towards parliamentarians and regional councilors, and 1.4 million for severance pay mandate. Compared to 2023, the Democratic Party's salary has dropped by 55 thousand euros. item credits towards senators and deputies, at 441 thousand euros. As explains the report on the financial statement (with a surplus of 650 thousand euros), "the recovery action continued" towards those elected in the various legislatures, with 9 open legal actions and 4 agreements Transactional. While contributions from third parties increase by 2 million and membership fees of over 300 thousand euros, the "discontinuity of the "payments" due "by some elect" is an aspect criticism of FI's financial statement (deficit of 307 thousand euros): "More stringent decisions will need to be taken to achieve the payments", the report reads, "also by leveraging" the internal rules which provide for ineligibility for defaulters and removal from party positions.
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