Abstract

Author presents selected formal, legal and practical aspects of parliamentary clubs’ competences. The article contains general informations about them. The article is based on a legal explanation and interpretation of, mainly, the Standing Orders of the Sejm of Republic of Poland, the Rules and Regulations of the Senate of Republic of Poland and other statues.
The paper contains main views of the doctrine and jurisdiction referring to the topic of the article. What is more, author describes a phenomenon of parliamentary discipline – a duty of an every member of parliamentarians’ associations. The second part of the publication contains short description of parliamentary clubs’ competences in the Bundestag.