YAZAR, KARATAS, AKSOY and THE PEOPLE'S LABOUR PARTY (HEP) v. TURKEY

Even where proposals informed by democratic principles were likely to clash with the main strands of government policy or the convictions of a majority of the public, the proper functioning of democracy required political groupings to be able to introduce them into public debate in order to help to find solutions to problems of general interest concerning politicians of all persuasions. The dissolution of a political party is a “drastic” measure which should correspond to a “pressing social need”.