The representatives of the political parties (from the majority and the opposition) whom the rapporteurs met agreed that the relatively general provisions in Legislative Decree no. 2011-87 were inadequate and that the new points included in the draft law were a step in the right direction in overall terms. Like the authorities, they pointed out that the large number of small parties, most of which had been set up after the 2011 revolution, was not a problem in itself.  It was nevertheless stressed that some parties had governance problems or barely existed at all; from this angle, more detailed rules on the organisation and transparency of parties were, to some extent, welcome.