It would thus appear disproportionate to link the public funding of political parties solely to the question of whether or not enough elected Members of Parliament from these parties have taken up their mandates, and to deprive political parties of all public funding in the latter case. Such a step would have serious implications for most opposition parties, as confirmed during the videoconference meetings with these parties. In some instances, the loss of public funding would call into question the very existence of certain political parties, especially in cases where parties have few other avenues for obtaining party funding. This affects the vast majority of opposition parties, given that the threshold for receiving public funding and the threshold to enter Parliament are exceptionally, following the last elections, the same (one per cent).