1.   A crucial function of political parties is to aggregate and simplify these many demands into a few packages of clear alternatives.

2.   A new constitution was adopted transforming a loose federation of affiliated organisations into a centralised national political party.

3.   After he became vice president, Rutskoi Decided to form a new political party on the basis of his parliamentary fraction.

4.   All political parties accept that long-term increases in petrol prices are not only environmentally necessary but unavoidable.

5.   All the major political parties have given their support to this initiative.

6.   Another taxonomy for political systems is based on the system of political parties.

7.   Archbishop Prospero Penados del Barrio has charged that some political parties have financed their activities with ransom money.

8.   As he has no political party that can provide him with practical support, he is forced to play it by ear.

9.   At home a constitutional commitment to democracy has resulted in an almost unbroken dominance of conservative political parties.

10.   Bargaining might be said to help fill the vacuum that in other systems is occupied by disciplined political parties.