Christian Democrats: election campaign will cost 30 million crowns

The Christian Democrats will spend 30 million crowns on campaigning ahead of October’s early general elections, party chairman Cyril Svoboda told reporters on Tuesday. The campaign will be primarily funded from a 25-million-crown loan from the Česká sporitelna saving bank, which the party intends to repay from state contributions for mandates won, sponsors' gifts and membership fees, Svoboda said. The two strongest parties, the right-wing Civic Democrats and the Social Democrats plan to spend some 230 million and 190 million crowns, respectively, on their election campaigns.