121Political parties, one of whose functions is to field candidates in elections (see, by analogy, ECtHR, 8 July 2008, Georgian Labour Party v. Georgia, CE:ECHR:2008:0708JUD 000910304, § 142), thus fulfil an essential function in the system of representative democracy, on which the functioning of the European Union is founded, in accordance with Article 10(1) TEU.
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