Estonia - 1994 Party Law

Title Article 2 Means for achieving objectives of political party
Chapter Chapter 1 General provisions
Article

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(1) The means for achieving the objectives of a political party are:
1) the presentation of candidates and conduct of election campaigns of the political party in elections to the Riigikogu and local government council elections;
2) the participation of the political party in the activities of the Riigikogu through members of the political party elected to the Riigikogu; in the activities of local government councils through members of the political party elected to local government councils; in the formation of the Government of the Republic and the executive body of local government councils and in the election of the President of the Republic through members of the political party elected to the Riigikogu and to the local government council, respectively; and in international cooperation with political parties of foreign states.
(2) If a political party has not received any electoral mandates in two subsequent elections of the Riigikogu, the political party shall be erased from the register and the activity of the political party shall be terminated pursuant to the procedure provided by the Non-Profit Associations and their Alliances Act (RT I 1994, 28, 425).

Categories - Activity and behaviour (General)
- Electoral party (Campaign activity)
- Electoral party (Fielding candidates)
- External oversight (Sanctions)
- Extra-parliamentary party (Registration reqs.)
- Government party (Composition national government)
- Government party (Composition regional/local executive)
- Parliamentary party (Policy formation )
- Secondary legislation (Secondary legislation)