Parti écologiste "Les Verts" v Parliament
Parti écologiste “Les Verts” v European Parliament (1986) Case 294/83 is an EU law case, concerning the constitutional framework, and party political funding, in the European Union. The case is significant for being the first to suggest that the European Union is based on the "rule of law", and has been described as "legendary".[1]
Facts
The Green Party challenged political party funding from the Parliament. They claimed the system was unfair in distribution against newer parties. They sought a declaration that the European Community was not entitled to give funding for political parties.
Judgment
The Court of Justice held the matter of party political funding should be regarded as one which is entirely for the member states to decide under the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union article 7(2) of the Act of 20 September 1976 Concerning the Election of the Representatives of the Assembly Direct Universal Suffrage.
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23. It must first be emphasized in this regard that the European Economic Community is a Community based on the rule of law, inasmuch as neither its Member States nor its institutions can avoid a review of the question whether the measures adopted by them are in conformity with the basic constitutional charter, the Treaty.... |
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See also
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| | | Decision 2002/772 | | | | Front national v Parliament (2004) C-486/01 P | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Hauptzollamt Bremerhaven v Massey-Ferguson (1973) Case 8/73 | | |
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Notes
- ↑ A Alemanno, 'What Has Been, and What Could Be Thirty Years after Les Verts/European Parliament: Individual Access to EU Justice' in M Poiares Maduro and L Azoulai, The Past and Future of EU law - The Classics of EU law revisited on the 50th Anniversary of the Rome Treaty (2010) 324
References
- Joliet and Keeling, ‘The Reimbursement of Election Expenses: A Forgotten Dispute’ (1994) 19 ELR 243
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