摘要：The Act on political parties prescribes that only Polish citizens may be members of political parties. According to the European Commission, this provision infringes European legislation as it deprives citizens of the Union residing in a Member State of which they are not national of the right to found and join political parties in the Member State in which they reside and thus may impair the effective exercise of their right to stand as a candidate at municipal and European Parliament elections. A removal of the above-mentioned provision will not infringe Article 11 of the Polish Constitution if a friendly interpretation of EU law is applied. According to such an interpretation, the right of Union citizens to be a member of a political party is not exclusive and it means that the right to join existing political parties with an aim to influence the policies of local government and the European Union policies can be recognised by Polish law. Issues related to national policy-making will remain the exclusive domain of Polish citizens.
其他摘要：A norma della legge sui partiti politici polacca, soltanto citadini polacchi possono diventare membri di un partito politico. Come sostenuto dalla Commissione Europea, tale restrizione è contraria al diritto dell’Unione europea in quanto impone ai cittadi
关键词：political parties; citizenship and the right to join political parties; citizenship
其他关键词：partiti politici; la cittadinaza e il diritto di associarsi in partiti; la cittadinaza
