Laws » Party Law in Modern Europe

	Law.type	Law.country_id	Law.year	Article.number	Categories
	Constitution	Portugal	1976	Article 3	Activity and behaviour,...
(2) The political parties shall assist in bringing about the organisation and expression of the will of the people and shall respect the principles of national independence and political democracy. [more]
	Constitution	Portugal	1976	Article 270	Extra-parliamentary party
(2) Officials in the Public Service and other personnel of the State and other public bodies shall not be prejudiced or benefited by their exercise of political rights contained in this... [more]
	Constitution	Portugal	1976	Article 311	Programme and identity, Secondary legislation
(1)The provisions of Article 47(3) shall apply to political parties already created; the law shall prescribe rules for that matter.(2) Political parties cannot be created if their programmatic... [more]
	Party Law	Hungary	2011	Article 1	External oversight, Extra-parliamentary party
The scope of this Act covers social organisations that have registered members, and which declare before the court registering them that they acknowledge the provisions of this Act as binding upon... [more]
	Party Law	Finland	1969	Article 11	External oversight
If a party fails to fulfil an obligation laid down in this act, the subsidy referred to in Section 9 may be withheld until the obligation has been fulfilled. [more]
	Party Law	Finland	1969	Article 12	External oversight
Further regulations on the implementation and application of this act shall be issued by government decree. [more]
	Party Law	Finland	1969	Article 13	External oversight, Party finance
This act enters into force on 1 February 1969.As this act enters into force, the following political parties are entered, ex officio, in the party register: Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue... [more]
	Party Law	Spain	2002	Article Preamble
I Law 54/1978 on Political Parties, a pre-constitutional law and therefore brief in articles and content, fundamentally established a simple formation procedure in the framework of the... [more]
	Party Law	Spain	2002	Article 1	Extra-parliamentary party, Rights and freedoms
1. Spaniards are free to form political parties, in compliance with that set forth in the Constitution and this Organic Law. 2. Joining a political party is a free and voluntary decision. Nobody... [more]
	Party Law	Spain	2002	Article 2	Extra-parliamentary party, Secondary legislation
1. The promoters of a political party must be individuals of legal age in full enjoyment and exercise of their rights, not subject to any legal condition on the exercise of such rights, who have... [more]
	Party Law	Spain	2002	Article 3	External oversight, Extra-parliamentary party
1. The formation agreement must be formalised through a founding charter, which must be notarised and always contain the personal identification of the promoters, the name of the political party... [more]
	Party Law	Spain	2002	Article 4	External oversight, Extra-parliamentary party
1. The promoters of a political party will take all the necessary steps to register the party. The promoters of an unregistered political party will be personally, jointly and severally liable for... [more]
	Party Law	Spain	2002	Article 5	Activity and behaviour,...
1. When formal defects are found in the founding charter or the accompanying documentation, or when the promoters lack capacity, the Ministry of the Interior will make it known to the interested... [more]
	Party Law	Spain	2002	Article 7	Extra-parliamentary party
1. The internal structure and operation of political parties must be democratic. 2. Without prejudice to their internal organisation capacity, political parties must have a general assembly... [more]
	Party Law	Spain	2002	Article 8	Extra-parliamentary party
1. Members of political parties must be individuals of legal age with full capacity to act. They shall all have equal rights and duties. 2. The statutes will have a detailed list of the rights of... [more]
	Party Law	Spain	2002	Article 9	Activity and behaviour,...
1. Political parties shall exercise their activities freely and, in doing so, must respect the constitutional values, i.e., the democratic principles and human rights. They will perform the... [more]
	Party Law	Germany	2004	Article 4	Electoral party, Extra-parliamentary party
(1) The name of the party must be clearly distinguishable from that of any existing party; this shall also apply to acronyms. In canvassing and the electoral procedure, only the registered name or... [more]
	Party Law	Germany	2004	Article 5	Party finance
(1) Where a public authority provides facilities or other public services for use by one party, equal treatment must be accorded to all parties. The scale on which such facilities and services are... [more]
	Party Law	Spain	2002	Article 10	Activity and behaviour,...
1. As well as on the decision of its members, agreed on the basis of the causes and through the procedures established in its statutes, a political party may only be dissolved or, as the case may... [more]
	Party Law	Spain	2002	Article 11	Activity and behaviour, External oversight
1. The Government and the Public Prosecutor's Office are legitimated to request the declaration of illegality of a political party and its subsequent dissolution, by virtue of that established in... [more]
	Party Law	Spain	2002	Article 12	Activity and behaviour,...
1. The judicial dissolution of a political party will produce the effects provided for in the laws and, in particular, the following: a) After the dissolution sentence has been notified, the... [more]
	Party Law	Spain	2002	Article 13	Secondary legislation
1. The funding of political parties will take place in accordance with that provided for in Organic Law 3/1987 of 2 July, as regards the Funding of Political Parties. 2. In accordance with the... [more]
	Party Law	Poland	2008	Article 1	Democratic principles, Rights and freedoms
1. A political party is a voluntary organisation acting under a specific name with the view to participating in public life by exerting influence, through democratic methods, on the shaping of the... [more]
	Party Law	Poland	2008	Article 2	Extra-parliamentary party, Secondary legislation
1. Citizens of the Republic of Poland who are aged 18 or over may be members of political parties.2. A ban on membership in political parties shall be defined by separate acts. [more]
	Party Law	Poland	2008	Article 11	External oversight,...
1. A political party shall have an application made for its entry in the register of political parties, hereinafter referred to as the "register" maintained by the District Court in Warsaw,... [more]

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