Most electoral legislation guarantees each candidate a minimum level of resources, in the form of assistance with election addresses, posters and meeting rooms. The difficulty arises with party political broadcasts, which clearly cannot be offered to every candidate (in France, for example, more than 6000 candidates stand in parliament elections) and so broadcasting time is shared between political parties. This raises the question of how time should be allocated, to which there are several different approaches. These include equal time for all, equality between majority and opposition (though these notions must be clear), the same time for the large parties and the same, but less, time for the smaller ones and time proportional to previous results. Each has its pros and cons. Whatever option is chosen, a minimum amount of time should be reserved for small and/or new parties, subject to their standing in a significant number of constituencies. In fact, this is provided for in most countries' legislation.