[EL] Dutch election - campaign finance

[John Tanner]

This paragraph in a Washington Post article  https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/russias-influence-in-western-elections/2016/04/08/b427602a-fcf1-11e5-886f-a037dba38301_story.html?hpid=hp_no-name_opinion-card-f%3Ahomepage%2Fstory <https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/russias-influence-in-western-elections/2016/04/08/b427602a-fcf1-11e5-886f-a037dba38301_story.html?hpid=hp_no-name_opinion-card-f:homepage/story> about the recent Dutch referendum caught my eye, and I was wondering if anyone is familiar with the Dutch obligation to subsidize electioneering groups
Other than that, the campaign was muddled. Far-left campaigners took Palestinian flags to “no” rallies. The far-right talked about Muslim immigrants. The Dutch government, obligated to subsidize electioneering groups, botched the job and distributed money, among other things, to a group that printed Ukrainian national symbols on toilet paper <https://euobserver.com/political/132520> as well as to animal rights and nuclear activists. Ironically, or perhaps not, the Dutch far-right used corrupt methods to fight corrupt Ukraine, and obtained a good deal of money under false pretenses.

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