Контекст 13:36 Dec 24, 2008
There is not a special definition of a political party in France.
Article 4 of the Constitution of 1958 states that political parties and groupings contest votes in expressions of universal suffrage. “They are formed, and act, freely.” This text confers a total freedom of formation and management.
In 1988, for the first time the Legislature addressed the issue of finance with regard to political parties, without defining the concept of a political party.
The international definition of a political party is given by the treaty on the European Union “Political parties at European level are important as a factor for integration within the Union. They contribute to forming a European awareness and to expressing the political will of the citizens of the Union.”
In the absence of a legal definition of what a political party is, a double jurisprudential definition has been provided by the Council of State and of the Constitutional Council regarding the legislation of 1988.
Indeed, the Law of 1988 gave a financial approach of the political parties.
Thus, the electoral judges have been brought to define the conditions in which a political party can finance an electoral campaign or another political party, which is, according to the French understanding of the matter, the main role.
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