Law on Political Parties
According to Article 21 (1) sentence 1 of the Basic Law, political parties have the task of participating in the formation of the political will of the people. The Basic Law thus recognises political parties as necessary in constitutional law and gives them the status of constitutional institutions. They are the link between citizens and the state.
The Basic Law gives political parties special rights and obligations. It also governs how political parties are to be treated, for example their partial funding by the state and the requirement of equal treatment. The Basic Law also governs how anti-constitutional parties are to be dealt with. Other rights and obligations of political parties are based on the Political Parties Act (Parteiengesetz).
