Beyond Voting Rights Suspension Tailored Sanctions as Democracy Catalyst Under Article 7 TEU

Abstract

The Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), created in 1992 and directed by Professor Brigid Laffan, aims to develop inter-disciplinary and comparative research and to promote work on the major issues facing the process of integration and European society. The Centre is home to a large post-doctoral programme and hosts major research programmes and projects, and a range of working groups and ad hoc initiatives. The research agenda is organised around a set of core themes and is continuously evolving, reflecting the changing agenda of European integration and the expanding membership of the European Union.

Defending Union Values in Judicial Proceedings. On How to Turn Article 2 TEU into a Judicially Applicable Provision

“…They are applied in legally determined procedures by public institutions (Article 7 and 49 (1) TEU) and their disregard leads to sanctions, which are of legal nature. 46 In fact, the legal framing of the Union's values seems almost inevitable. The rule of law warrants that normative requirements enforced by public institutions are laid down in the form of law.…”