The day after tomorrow will begin the political lock-up period and that means that the parties no longer be allowed to spend what they want. The whole election campaign should be a maximum of 59 million euros in costs. N-VA may with 6.6 million euros in the deepest in the pockets.
Four months before the elections of 26 may, the campaign of the political parties restricted. The parties should be careful what they click on the chooser drop – so free gadgets and radiospotjes out of the question – and also the price tag is very limited. To 59 million euros, according to research centre VIVES (KU Leuven). N-VA can be the most expensive campaign, CD&V is allowed to 5.2 million euro to format and PvdA/PTB are in third place with a budget of 5 million euro. The maximum is different for each party, because the amount is determined by the number of members and the size of the constituency where they come up with.