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The American Dark Money Behind Europe’s Far Right.
A recent openDemocracy investigation found that America’s Christian right spent at least $50 million of “dark money” to fund campaigns and advocacy in Europe over the past decade.
Tip of the iceberg
nybooks.com/daily/2019/07/…
A recent openDemocracy investigation found that America’s Christian right spent at least $50 million of “dark money” to fund campaigns and advocacy in Europe over the past decade.
Tip of the iceberg
nybooks.com/daily/2019/07/…
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“(By the measures of US political financing, this may not seem like a vast sum, but by European standards it’s formidable. The total spend on the 2014 European elections, for example, by all of Ireland’s political parties combined was just $3 million.)”
“(By the measures of US political financing, this may not seem like a vast sum, but by European standards it’s formidable. The total spend on the 2014 European elections, for example, by all of Ireland’s political parties combined was just $3 million.)”
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“These numbers are also likely the tip of the iceberg: our analysis looked at only 12 US Christian right groups, and there were many obstacles to disclosure that limited the information we could extract.”
“These numbers are also likely the tip of the iceberg: our analysis looked at only 12 US Christian right groups, and there were many obstacles to disclosure that limited the information we could extract.”
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“Institutions registered as churches, for example, are not required to publish their overseas funding. “
“Institutions registered as churches, for example, are not required to publish their overseas funding. “
