When should a political party get banned?

Let the voter decide. Except when free and fair periodic elections or unlimited opportunities for public discussion and unlimited provision of information are under threat.

Earlier newsletters discussed arguments for and against the possibility of banning anti-democratic parties. Central to it was the paradox of toleration: whether opponents of toleration should be tolerated.

In this newsletter we briefly summarise the arguments against a party ban. After that, we will expand on the concept of overlapping consensus. In the …