PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

Abstract

In order to ensure the respect of the values that the European Union is based on, provided for in art. 2 of the Treaty on European Union, Article 7 of the same Treaty, provides for a mechanism of the European Union that allows to determine if serious and persistent violations of the values of the European Union by a Member State have taken place and possibly to sanction such violations. The European Union is obliged to respect the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. The Charter sets out the rights that both the European Union and the Member States must respect when implementing EU Law.

Keywords

• fundamental rights
• fundamental values
• constitutional values
• fundamental freedoms
• judicial protection
• the supremacy of european union law.