The Spanish Court of Auditors has issued a fine to the far-right Vox party for more than 862 thousand euros for violations found in its funding sources. This was reported by ARA.
The Spanish regulator’s decision on Vox is based on the results of audits of the party’s financial statements for 2018 and 2019.
The Accounting Chamber found that more than 311 thousand euros were transferred to Vox’s accounts in cash through ATMs, and the sources of these donations were never specified by the party.
The agency also had complaints about the far-right’s accounting, which led to a discrepancy between the party members’ contributions and donations of tens of thousands of euros.
The latest penalty is the second time that the Accounting Chamber has fined Vox: in July 2024, the party was fined €233,000 for two fundraising campaigns that violated electoral law.
The party has already announced that it will appeal the new fine, adding that it sees “no legal grounds for imposing a sanction.”
Founded in 2013 by former members of Spain’s conservative Popular Party, Vox is an anti-Muslim, nationalist, anti-feminist, Eurosceptic and economically liberal party.
Since 2019, Vox has been the third largest party in the Spanish Parliament but has never been in power at the federal level.
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