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According to the ECtHR, however, there was insufficient evidence that the party&#8217;s proclaimed goal of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153breaking the legal continuity with totalitarian regimes\u00e2\u20ac\u009d was designed to undermine the democracy of the country; as such, the administration could not justify its refusal to register the party. Fore more information see <a href=\"http:\/\/cmiskp.echr.coe.int\/tkp197\/view.asp?item=2&amp;portal=hbkm&amp;action=html&amp;highlight=&amp;sessionid=9744547&amp;skin=hudoc-pr-en\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In its December 7 decision in the case Linkov v. the Czech Republic, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) 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