The Charter of Fundamental Rights provides that everyone has a right to freedom for a peaceful assembly and free association at all levels, in particular in political, trade union and civic matters. This implies the right for everyone to form and join trade unions and political parties for the protection and promotion of his interests.\u00a0 Political parties contribute to expressing the political will of citizens.<\/p>\n
In a case where a transport company took action to stop a demonstration blocking an important arterial highway, the European Court of Justice held that failure to ban the demonstration was not equivalent to a quantitative restriction on the movement of goods.\u00a0 The public authorities were respecting the right of freedom of assembly, and this was a legitimate interest.\u00a0 This justified the restriction on the obligations imposed by EU law, including the fundamental principle of the free movement of goods.<\/p>\n\n
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