During the interviews held in Pristina several interlocutors drew the rapporteurs’ attention to the fact that the draft law failed to address several other gaps and problems encountered in practice (e.g. unsatisfactory internal control of party finances) as well as a number of inconsistencies between the different laws, in addition to those already mentioned in the preceding sections of this opinion. While a more comprehensive reform of the regime of political finances would certainly be ideal, the Venice Commission understands that the Government has decided to focus on a limited number of core areas, as a first step. That said, the Commission will comment on one additional key issue which has not – yet – been included in the draft law, i.e. the sanctioning regime to be applied in case of non-compliance by political entities with the financing, reporting and publication requirements. It notes with satisfaction that Government representatives declared their readiness to take such comments into account in the further legislative process.