First of all, with regard to foreign funding, its prohibition is, in principle, in line with international standards such as Article 7 of Rec(2003)4, which provides that “states should specifically limit, prohibit or otherwise regulate donations from foreign donors”. International standards tend to be restrictive with regard to the funding of political parties and election campaigns from abroad, in order to avoid any undue influence of foreign interests in domestic political affairs. As it has already indicated in this respect, the Venice Commission considers that, in accordance with international standards, donations from foreign states or companies may be prohibited – and this also applies to donations from foreign individuals, but this prohibition should not prevent the payment of donations by nationals of the state concerned living abroad. The authorities have indicated that the prohibition in Article 33 of the draft lawwas not intended to prevent such contributions.